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LIBRARY  AIDS 


BY 

SAMUEL  S.  GREEN 

Librarian  of  the  Free  Public  Library \  Worcester \  Mass* 


REVISED  AND  ENLARGED  EDITION 

WITH   REFERENCES  FROM  POOLE'S  u  INDEX,"  AND  A  CHAPTER 

ON   "  BOOKS   AND    ARTICLES   ON    READING"   FROM 
FOSTER'S  lt  LIBRARIES  AND  READERS  " 


NEW  YORK 
F.  LKYPOLDT,    PUBLISHER 

1883 


Copyright :,  1883. 
BY    F.    LEYPOLDT, 


CHAS.    M.    GREEN    PRINTING     COMPANY, 
PRINTERS,  EI.ECTROTVPERS,  A   n    BINDERS, 

74  and  76  Pee!cman  St.,  and 
13  and  15  Vandewater  St.,  New  York. 


PUBLISHERS  NOTE. 


IT  was  at  the  request  of  the  publisher  that  Mr. 
Green  kindly  consented  to  prepare  a  revised  edition 
of  his  valuable  paper  on  "  Library  Aids,"  read  at  the 
Baltimore  Conference  of  Librarians,  February,  1881. 
The  paper  was  first  printed  in  the  Library  Journal, 
April,  1881,  and  subsequently  was  published  for  dis- 
tribution as  a  separate  pamphlet  by  the  Bureau  of 
Education,  for  a  purpose  clearly  indicated  in  the  fol- 
lowing note,  printed  on  the  title-page  of  the  pamphlet: 

DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  INTERIOR, 
BUREAU  OF  EDUCATION, 

WASHINGTON,  March  24,  1881. 

The  following  article  by  Samuel  S.  Green,  Esq.,  the  accom- 
plished and  well-known  Librarian  of  the  Worcester  (Mass.) 
Free  Public  Library,  answers  many  inquiries  addressed  to 
this  Office  as  to  the  sources  of  information  respecting  the  es- 
tablishment and  conduct  of  libraries. 

It  is  impossible  for  the  Office  to  publish  at  present  fuller  or 
more  complete  suggestions  of  this  character. 

JOHN  EATON, 

Commissioner. 

The  publisher  has  every  reason  to  believe  that  the 
re-issue  of  this  paper,  revised  to  date,  will  be  appre- 
ciated by  all  who  are  interested  in  library  matters. 


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Piiblishcrs  Note. 


He  has  added,  with  the  kind  permission  of  the  au- 
thors, the  library  references  from  Poole's  "  Index  to 
Periodicals,  "and  the  chapter  on  "  Books  and  Articles 
on  Reading,"  from  "  Libraries  and  Readers,"  by 
W.  E.  Foster;  also  the  bibliography  references  from 
the  "  American  Catalogue,"  and  (without  permission, 
a  liberty  which  the  publisher  feels  assured  the  authors 
will  forgive  for  the  good  purpose  sake)  the  library 
authorities  quoted  in  that  admirable  article  on  ''  Li- 
braries," by  H.  R.  Tedder  and  E.  C.  Thomas,  in  the 
"Encyclopaedia  Britannica." 

There  is,  perhaps,  a  raison  d'etre  for  the  appendix 
of  publishers'  pages,  since  all  contain  "works  for  the 
library." 

It  is  hoped  that  this  little  volume  may  form  the 
foundation  of  a  "Library  Annual,-"  having  for  chief 
features  a  topical  record  of  the  more  prominent  bibli- 
ographies, and  of  the  articles  and  books  relating  to 
libraries,  published  during  the  year.  Any  sugges- 
tions, or  bibliographical  contributions,  will  be  thank- 
fully received. 

F.  LEYPOLDT. 

NEW  YORK,  June  i,  1883. 


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IT  is  very  desirable  that  a  library  manual  should 
be  prepared  and  published.  None  exists  in  the  Eng- 
lish language.  There  are  materials,  however,  for  a 
good  one  in  the  contents  of  the  seven  volumes  of  the 
Library  Journal  already  published  and  of  the  Special 
Report  issued  at  Washington  in  1876,  by  the  Bureau 
of  Education,  and  entitled  Public  Libraries  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  their  history,  condition, 
and  management. 

I  have  been  requested  to  call  attention  to  the  more 
important  articles  and  papers  in  these  publications, 
and  by  grouping  them  under  appropriate  headings 
make  their  usefulness  more  apparent  than  it  is  at 
present  to  the  great  body  of  librarians  and  persons 
interested  in  establishing  and  maintaining  libraries. 

I  proceed,  without  further  introduction,  to  do  this 
work,  premising  only  that  large  portions  of  both 
publications  having  interest  as  history  only,  or  be- 
cause they  describe  different  kinds  of  libraries,  or 
give  library  news,  will  not  be  alluded  to. 

The  work  here  undertaken  ends  with  the  last  num- 
ber of  the  Library  Journal  for  the  year  1882.  The 


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association  referred  to  throughout  this  paper  is  the 
American  Library  Association. 

LIBRARY    LEGISLATION. 

For  instruction  in  regard  to  the  history  of  this  sub- 
ject and  the  teachings  of  experience  respecting  the 
best  forms  for  library  laws,  mention  should  first  be 
made  of  the  excellent  Report  on  library  legislation 
(L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  300),  made  by  Dr.  H.  A.  Homes,  and 
to  a  paper  which  he  read  before  making  it,  Legisla- 
tion for  public  libraries  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  262).  The 
laws  proposed  as  model  legislation  are  printed  in  the 
Library  Journal,  v.  5,  pp.  79,  109;  read,  also,  in  this 
connection,  editorial  notes  on  pp.  76  and  106,  in  the 
same  volume. 

Other  articles  on  this  subject  which  it  is  desirable 
to  read  are  State  legislation  in  the  matter  of  libra- 
rjes,  by  W.  F.  Poole  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  7),  Free  town 
libraries  in  the  Spec.  Rep.  (p.  445),  and  Public  library 
government  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  292).  There  is  a  record 
of  a  discussion  which  followed  Mr.  Poole's  paper 
in  the  L.  J,,  v.  2,  p.  20. 

For  a  law  recently  passed  by  the  Rhode  Island 
Legislature  providing  for  the  punishment  of  persons 
who  deface  books  or  keep  them  out  over  time  see 
L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  228.  For  interesting  rules  provided 
for  the  government  of  the  public  library  at  Bridge- 
port, Conn.,  see  ordinance  of  the  Common  Council  of 
that  city,  etc.  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  233). 


LIBRARY    AIDS. 


FOUNDATION    OF   LIBRARIES. 

Note  especially  the  Organization  and  management 
of  public  libraries,  by  W.  F.  Poole  (Spec.  Rep.,  p. 
476),  How  to  make  town  libraries  successful,  by  F. 
B.  Perkins  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  419),  A  word  to  starters  of 
libraries,  by  Justin  Winsor  (L.  J.,  v.  I,  p.  i),  Some 
popular  objections  to  public  libraries,  by  W.  F.  Poole 
(L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  45),  and  Rev.  A.  M.  Pendleton's  series 
of  useful  articles,  How  to  start  libraries  in  small  towns 
(L.  J.,  v.  i,  pp.  161,  213,  249,  313,  355,  and  421). 

See,  also,  Method  of  securing  the  multiplication  of 
libraries:  Report  by  Henry  A.  Homes  and  discussion 
of  the  same  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  133). 

LIBRARY    BUILDINGS. 

Attention  should  be  called  to  Library  buildings,  by 
Justin  Winsor  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  465),  Construction  of 
library  buildings,  by  William  F.  Poole  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p. 
69),  and  Progress  of  library  architecture,  by  William 
F.  Poole  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  130);  also  to  discussions  on 
this  subject  at  the  meetings  of  the  association  in  New 
York  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  31),  Boston  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  292), 
Washington  (L.  J. ,  v.  6,  p.  123),  and  Cincinnati  (L. 
J.,  v.  7,  p.  196).  See  The  National-library  building, 
by  J.  L.  Smithmeyer  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  77)  for  an  illus- 
trated account  of  the  building  which  it  has  been  pro- 
posed to  erect  for  storing  the  Library  of  Congress. 


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Mr.  Poole  criticises  Mr.  Smithmeyer's  plans  in  the 
second  of  his  two  articles  referred  to  just  above.  For 
remarks  by  Mr.  Spofford  on  a  building  for  the  Library 
of  Congress  see  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  126.  The  trustees  of 
the  Boston  Public  Library  have  recently  issued  a 
report  on  the  fitness  of  the  English  High  and  Latin 
School  building  for  the  uses  of  the  Public  Library. 
This  contains  six  plans,  four  of  them  for  a  new  build- 
ing on  the  Dartmouth  Street  lot  given  to  the  city  by 
the  state.  Examine  in  connection  Minority  report  of 
W.  H.  Whitmore  on  the  fitness  of  the  English  High 
and  Latin  School  building  for  the  uses  of  the  Public 
Library,  with  four  plans.  One  of  the  latter  is  a  plan 
of  the  Harvard  C.  L.  book-stack. 

Examine,  also,  Hints  for  improved  library  economy, 
drawn  from  usages  at  Princeton,  by  Frederick  Vinton 
(L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  53),  Brown  University  Library  (L.  J., 
v.  3,  p.  117),  and  Elevator  in  Worcester  Public 
Library  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  201). 

There  is  an  account  of  the  new  building  for  the 
Public  Library  at  Newcastle,  England,  in  L.  J.,  v.  7, 
p.  272. 

VENTILATION,  HEATING,    AND    LIGHTING. 

Note  Ventilation  of  libraries,  by  D.  F.  Lincoln, 
M.D.  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  254),  Warming  libraries,  by  A.  M. 
Pendleton  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  277,  and  Heating  libraries, 
by  Melvil  Dui  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  93). 

The  subjects  of  ventilating  and  warming  library 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  5 

buildings  demand  fuller  treatment  than  they  have  re- 
ceived. Much  information  regarding  the  use  of  the 
electric  light  for  libraries  has  appeared  in  the  Library 
Journal.  I  wish  to  call  attention  to  the  following 
articles,  stating  only  in  advance  that  Mr.  Richard 
Garnett,  who  writes  two  of  them,  is  keeper  of  the 
reading-room  in  the  British  Museum,  and  that  the 
electric  light  has  been  in  use  in  this  reading-room  for 
a  considerable  time.  Perhaps  it  would  be  well  to  read 
the  articles  in  the  following  order: 

The  Electric  light  at  the  British  Museum  reading- 
room  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  128),  Electric  light  [in  the  Brit- 
ish Museum],  in  a  letter  of  Richard  Garnett  (L.  J.,  v. 
4,  p.  444),  Electric  light  in  the  British  Museum  (L.  J., 
v.  5,  p.  153),  The  electric  light  at  the  British  Museum : 
a  letter  from  Richard  Garnett  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  171). 

Great  advances  have  been  made  lately  in  the  direc- 
tion of  rendering  the  electric  light  available  for 
illuminating  purposes. 

For  an  editorial  note  by  Mr.  Cutter  advocating  the 
introduction  of  electric  lights  into  libraries  see  L.  J., 
v.  7,  P-  43- 

It  is  the  opinion  of  several  librarians  that  the  arc 
light  is  unsuitable  for  lighting  libraries  because  of 
flickering,  but  that  the  incandescent  light  when  further 
developed  is  likely  to  prove  serviceable  for  library 
purposes. 

Articles  treating  of  the  effects  of  gas  in  disinte- 
grating leather  will  be  referred  to  under  the  heading 
Binding. 


6  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY,   ETC. 

An  excellent  list  of  books  of  reference  needed  by 
the  officers  of  libraries  is  that  contained  in  Mr. 
Winsor's  paper  in  College  libraries  as  aids  to  in- 
struction. This  pamphlet  was  issued  by  the  Bureau 
of  Education  as  Circular  of  Information  No.  i,  1880. 

Mr.  Winsor  has  begun  to  print  a  list  of  the  most 
useful  reference-books  which  is  to  be  issued  as  num- 
ber 17  of  the  Bibliographical  contributions  of  the 
Library  of  Harvard  University. 

The  British  Museum  has  recently  issued  a  Hand- 
list ot  bibliographies,  classified  catalogues,  and  in- 
dexes placed  in  the  reading-room  of  the  British 
Museum  for  reference,  by  G.  W.  Porter. 

In  the  Special  Report  issued  in  1876  by  the  Bureau 
of  Education  we  have  Works  of  reference  for  libraries, 
by  A.  R.  Spofford  (p.  686),  Library  bibliography 
(containing  lists  of  books  of  reference  and  of  articles 
in  periodicals  concerning  libraries),  by  A.  R.  Spofford 
(p.  733),  Scientific  libraries  in  the  United  States,  by 
Prof.  Theodore  Gill  (p.  183),  an  article  which  men- 
tions the  best  special  bibliographies  in  the  different 
branches  of  science,  namely,  anatomy,  chemistry, 
etc.,  and  Medical  libraries  in  the  U.  S.,  by  Col.  J.  S.  Bil- 
lings (p.  171),  in  which  are  scheduled  the  leading  refer- 
ence-works needed  in  medical  bibliographical  ^vork. 

In  Part  II  of  the  Special  Report  we  have  as  Ap- 
pendix II  to  Mr.  Cutter's  Rules,  etc.,  a  list  of  biblio- 
graphical works  needed  by  the  cataloguer.  Mr.  Cut- 
ter also  states  here  where  fuller  lists  may  be  found. 


LIBRARY   AIDS.  7 

One  of  the  most  comprehensive  bibliographies  for 
the  practical  uses  of  every  day  is  "  Bibliographical 
Aids,"  by  F.  Leypoldt,  prefixed  to  the  second  volume 
of  his  American  Catalogue. 

Valuable  lists  of  books  are  appended  to  articles  on 
different  subjects  in  the  Encyclopaedia  Britannica. 
Among  special  bibliographies  recently  issued  atten- 
tion should  be  called  to  the  following : 

The  book  of  British  topography:  a  classified  cata- 
logue of  the  topographical  works  in  the  Library  of  the 
British  Museum,  relating  to  Great  Britain  and  Ire- 
land, by  J.  P.  Anderson. 

A  manual  of  historical  literature,  ^y  Prof.  Charles 
K.  Adams,  published  by  Harper  &  Brothers,  which 
comprises  brief  descriptions  of  the  most  important 
histories  in  English,  French,  and  German,  together 
with  practical  suggestions  as  to  methods  and  courses 
of  historical  study,  and  is  a  very  valuable  bibliography. 
(See  Notice  in  The  Nation  of  May  4,  1882.) 

Reader's  hand-book  of  the  American  Revolution,  by 
Justin  Winsor. 

Gardiner  and  Mullinger's  introduction  to  the  study 
of  English  History,  which  contains  valuable  lists  of 
books. 

The  literature  of  civil-service  reform  in  the  United 
States,  by  W.  E.  Foster,  published  by  the  Young 
Men's  Political  Club,  Providence,  and  a  list  of  works 
on  Political  Economy,  and  Political  Science,  compiled 
by  W.  G.  Sumner,  David  A.  Wells,  W.  E.  Foster,  R. 
L.  Dugdale,  and  G.  P.  Putnam,  and  issued  as  Eco- 


LIBRARY    AIDS. 

nomic  Tract  No.  2  by  the  Society  for  Political  Educa- 
tion, New  York. 

An  enumeration  of  such  printed  lists  as  have  been 
recently  issued  of  Public  Documents  of  the  United 
States  Government  is  contained  in  the  second  part 
of  a  report  on  the  Distribution  of  Public  Documents, 
by  S.  S.  Green  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  228). 

The  librarian  who  consults  bibliographical  lists  has 
to  be  on  the  lookout  to  see  that  the  latest  edition  of  a 
work 'is  given  in  them  and  that  supplementary  vol- 
umes have  not  been  published  to  works  there  re- 
corded. For  example,  a  new  edition  of  that  very 
important  work  Vapereau's  Dictionnaire  universel 
des  contemporains  and  supplementary  volumes  of 
Brunet's  Manuel  have  been  published  within  two  or 
three  years. 

A  sure  resource  in  case  of  doubt  is  to  read  over  the 
lists  under  the  proper  headings  prepared  by  Mr.  Cut- 
ter for  the  department  "  Bibliografy"  in  the  succes- 
sive numbers  of  the  Library  Journal.  The  Library 
Journal  contains  and  refers  to  other  valuable  biblio- 
graphical matter.  We  note  the  following  articles 
and  lists: 

Reference-books  in  English,  by  Justin  Winsor  (v.  I, 
p.  147);  Library  Aids,  by  S.  S.  Green  (v.  6,  p.  104), 
which  covers  ground  similar  to  that  covered  by  the 
present  paper  up  to  about  the  date  of  the  Washington 
Conference  held  in  February  1881,  and  which  soon 
after  that  date  was  issued  in  a  pamphlet  form  by  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Education ;  Library  Purchase- 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  9 

Lists,  prepared  by  C.  A.  Cutter,  which  have  appeared 
in  successive  numbers  of  the  Library  Journal  (begin- 
ning with  v.  6,  no.  i),  and  which  contain  selections  of 
new  books  suitable  for  being  placed  in  libraries,  with 
notes  of  commendation  or  caution;  Bibliography  of 
the  pre-Columbian  discoveries  of  America,  by  Paul 
B.  Watson  (v.  6,  p.  227),  in  connection  with  which 
it  is  well  to  call  attention  to  "Notes  on  tb"  Bibliog- 
raphy of  Yucatan  and  Central  America,"  by  Ad.  F. 
Bandelier,  published  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Amer- 
ican Antiquarian  Society,  at  the  meeting  held  at 
Worcester,  October  21,  1880;  Purchasing  List  of 
Sketch-books  of  Japanese  artists  and  English  works 
published  in  Japan  and  China,  by  Frank  S.  Dobbins 
(v.  7,  p.  292);  Index  by  author  of  serial  stories  con- 
tained in  bound  volumes  of  leading  periodicals,  by 
W.  I.  Fletcher  (v.  6,  p.  42),  with  a  few  additions  by 
W.  M.  Griswold  (v.  6,  p.  167),  and  List  of  impor- 
tant serial  stories  published  in  the  Revue  des  Deux 
Mondes  to  1880  inclusive,  by  W.  I.  Fletcher  (v.  6, 
p.  166). 

The  portion  of  the  latest  edition  of  the  Handbook 
for  readers,  with  regulations,  issued^by  the  Boston 
Public  Library  entitled  "  Books  on  special  subjects, 
how  to  find  them,"  contains  a  valuable  list  of  refer- 
ence-books. 

The  Chronological  index  to  historical  fiction,  and 
the  Annotated  catalogue  of  books  in  the  Lower  Hall, 
of  the  classes  of  history,  biography,  and  travel,  also 
issued  by  the  Boston  Public  Library,  are  of  great 


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service  in  supplying  humble  biographical  needs.  The 
former  is  now  embraced  in  the  catalogue  entitled 
Fiction  and  juveniles,  with  notes  for  readers,  issued 
by  the  last-named  library.  Attention  should  in  this 
connection  be  called  to  The  reader's  guide  to  English 
history,  by  Prof.  W.  F.  Allen,  issued  by  Ginn,  Heath 
&  Co.  This  work  contains  in  four  parallel  columns 
(a)  the  genealogical  tables  of  English  rulers;  (b) 
good  historical  reading,  whether  histories,  biogra- 
phies, or  essays;  (c)  novels,  poems,  and  dramas  re- 
lating to  each  period;  (d)  the  same  class  of  works 
illustrating  contemporary  history.  Note  also  A  de- 
scriptive catalogue  of  historical  novels  and  tales,  for 
the  use  of  school  libraries  and  teachers  of  history, 
enlarged  from  the  list  in  the  Journal  of  Education, 
March  1882,  by  H.  Courthope  Bowen.  London, 
E.  Stanford,  1882. 

Elaborate  and  valuable  bibliographies  appear  in 
the  bulletins  issued  by  the  library  of  Harvard  Uni 
versity,  which  has  also  issued  the  following  Bibli- 
ographical Contributions  made  up  mainly  if  not 
wholly  from  the  bulletins: 

i.  Edward  S.JHolden.  Index-catalogue  of  Books 
and  Memoirs  on  the  Transits  of  Mercury.  2.  Justin 
Winsor.  Shakespeare's  Poems:  a  Bibliography  of 
the  Earlier  Editions.  3.  Charles  Eliot  Norton. 
Principal  books  relating  to  the  Life  and  Works  of 
Michel-Angelo,  with  Notes.  4.  Justin  Winsor. 
Pietas  et  Gratulatio.  An  Inquiry  into  the  authorship 
of  the  several  pieces.  5.  List  of  Apparatus  in  differ- 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  II 

ent  Laboratories  of  the  United  States,  available  for 
Scientific  Researches  involving  Accurate  Measure- 
ments. 6.  The  Collection  of  Books  and  Autographs, 
bequeathed  to  Harvard  College  Library,  by  the  Hon- 
orable Charles  Sumner.  8.  Calendar  of  the  Arthur 
Lee  Manuscripts  in  Harvard  College  Library.  9. 
George  Lincoln  Goodale.  The  Floras  of  different 
countries.  10.  Justin  Winsor.  Halliwelliana:  a 
Bibliography  of  the  Publications  of  James  Orchard 
Halliwell-Phillipps.  n.  Samuel  H.  Scudder.  The 
Entomological  Libraries  of  the  United  States.  12.  A 
List  of  the  Publications  of  Harvard  University  and 
its  Officers,  1870-1880.  13.  Samuel  H.  Scudder.  A 
Bibliography  of  Fossil  Insects.  14.  William  H.  Til- 
linghast.  Notes  on  the  Historical  Hydrography  of 
the  Handkerchief  Shoal  in  the  Bahamas.  15.  J.  D. 
Whitney.  List  of  American  Authors  in  Geology  and 
Palaeontology.  The  following  two  have  been  begun: 
16.  Richard  Bliss,  jr.  Classified  Index  to  the  Maps 
in  Petermann's  Geographische  Mittheilungen,  1855- 
1881.  17.  Justin  Winsor.  A  List  of  the  most  useful 
Reference  Books. 

The  Lenox  Library  has  issued  the  following  con- 
tributions to  a  catalogue:  i.  Voyages  of  Halsius,  etc.; 
2.  Jesuit  Relations,  etc. ;  3.  Voyages  of  Thevenot, 
etc. ;  4.  Bunyan's  Pilgrim's  Progress,  etc. ;  5.  Works  of 
Shakespeare,  etc.  The  last  of  these  contributions, 
with  the  catalogue  of  books  on  Shakespeare,  in  the 
Barton  collection  of  the  Boston  Public  Library,  makes 
the  contribution  of  the  United  States  a  valuable  ad- 


12  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

dition  to  the  bibliography  of  the  writings  of  the  great 
English  dramatist. 

Cornell  University  has  issued  three  numbers  of  The 
Library.  These  contain  valuable  lists  of  books  on 
the  German  civil  services,  architecture,  Petrarch  bib- 
liographies, the  study  of  the  Egyptian  hieroglyphs, 
mathematics,  and  the  living  authors  of  Iceland,  be- 
sides notes  and  lists  of  additions  to  the  University 
Library.  Valuable  bibliographies  have  been  pub- 
lished in  many  of  the  bulletins  of  the  Boston  Public 
Library.  The  British  Museum  has  recently  begun 
the  publication  of  lists  of  books  in  its  library  by  and 
about  such  authors  as  Dante,  Shakespeare,  Homer, 
etc.  References  to  special  bibliographies  of  general 
interest  appear  under  the  heading  Bibliografy  in 
successive  numbers  of  the  Library  Journal  and  in  the 
monthly  notes  of  Library  Association  of  the  United 
Kingdom.  Here  for  example  have  been  recently 
noticed  books  containing  lists  of  the  writings  of 
Dickens,  Thackeray  and  Ruskin  (1834  to  Oct.  1878), 
and  of  Herschel  the  astronomer,  and  a  notice  of  a 
second  edition  of  Triibner  &  Co.'s  Catalogue  of  Dic- 
tionaries and  Grammars  of  the  principal  languages 
and  dialects  of  the  world. 

A  revised  edition  has  been  published  of  Books  and 
Reading,  by  Noah  Porter,  President  of  Yale  College. 
This  is  a  valuable  book  for  popular  use.  The  pres- 
ent edition  is  enriched  by  an  appendix,  containing  a 
select  catalogue  of  books,  prepared  by  Mr.  James  M. 
Hubbard. 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  13 

This  list  of  Mr.  Hubbard  is  excellent,  and  cannot 
fail  to  prove  useful.  The  works  given,  however, 
under  the  headings  "  Bible"  and  "Christ" are  utterly 
inadequate  to  give  a  record  of  the  thought  and 
scholarship  of  the  present  time. 

A  second  series  of  The  best  reading,  prepared  by 
Lynds  E.  Jones,  has  just  been  issued  by  G.  P.  Put- 
nam's Sons.  It  is  supplementary  to  the  useful  first 
series  which  was  edited  by  F.  B.  Perkins,  and  con- 
tains a  priced  and  classified  bibliography  for  easy 
reference  of  the  more  important  English  and  Ameri- 
can publications  for  the  five  years  ending  Dec.  31, 
1 88 1.  In  the  Naturalist's  assistant  (pages  145-224), 
by  J.  S.  Kingsley,  Boston,  1882,  is  a  bibliography  of 
1500  works  necessary  for  the  systematic  zoologist. 
The  lists  of  additions  issued  by  the  Boston  Athe- 
nseum,  the  Hartford  Library  Association,  and  several 
other  libraries  are  valuable  for  the  knowledge  which 
they  give  in  regard  to  the  character  of  recent  publi- 
cations. The  list  formerly  prepared  by  Mr.  W.  E. 
Foster  of  Providence  for  the  State  Superintendent 
of  schools  in  Rhode  Island  has  been  discontinued, 
as  the  ground  which  he  intended  to  cover  with  his  list 
is  now  covered  by  the  Library  Purchase- Lists,  which, 
as  has  been  stated  before,  are  published  every  month 
in  the  Library  Journal. 

It  may  not  be  amiss  to  remind  managers  of  small 
libraries  that  the  best  sort  of  information  regarding 
books  may  be  obtained  by  reading  the  book-notices 
of  such  papers  as  The  Literary  World,  The  New  York 


14  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

Evening  Post,  or  its  weekly  issue — The  Nation,  and 
The  Critic,  in  the  United  States,  and  The  Academy 
and  The  Athenaeum,  in  London. 

Some  of  the  best  library  catalogues,  such,  namely, 
as  that  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  the  Brooklyn  Li- 
brary, and  the  subject-catalogue  of  the  Library  of 
Congress  are  very  useful  for  bibliographical  purposes. 

For  an  account  of  bibliographical  matter  issued 
once  a  month  by  W.  E.  Foster  see  Libraries  as  Edu- 
cational Institutions. 

Especial  mention  should  be  made  of  the  American 
Catalogue,  planned  by  F.  Leypoldt,  and  compiled 
under  his  direction  by  L.  E.  Jones,  and  it  should  be 
stated  distinctly  that  the  libraries  of  the  country  are 
very  much  indebted  to  Mr.  Leypoldt  for  carrying 
through  such  an  undertaking  as  this  valuable  but  un- 
remunerative  work,  and  for  his  generous  conduct  in 
publishing  the  Library  Journal,  although  for  several 
years  he  incurred  heavy  loss  in  doing  so.  The  Ameri- 
can Catalogue  contains,  first,  author  and  title  entries 
of  books  in  pjint  and  for  sale  (including  reprints  and 
importations)  July  I,  1876;  second,  subject-entries  of 
the  same  books.  Prefixed  to  v.  2  (subject-entries)  is 
the  useful  list  of  "  Bibliographical  Aids,"  before  men- 
tioned. Late  volumes  of  the  Uniform  Trade  List  An- 
nual contain  yearly  lists  of  books  recorded  in  the  Pub- 
lishers' Weekly,  with  additional  titles,  etc.  These 
supplement  the  list  in  the  American  Catalogue.  Be- 
gin with  the  volume  for  1877.  The  Publishers' 
Weekly,  issued  by  Mr.  Leypoldt,  gives  lists  of  cur- 


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rent  American  publications.  The  Trade  List  Annual 
and  The  Publishers' Weekly  contain  much  interesting 
and  valuable  bibliographical  matter  besides  the  lists 
of  books  just  mentioned,  and  are  indispensable  to  li- 
brarians. See,  also,  The  Literary  News  published  by 
Mr.  Leypoldt. 

For  an  alphabetical  list  of  works  published  in 
Great  Britain  and  of  the  principal  works  published 
in  America,  etc.,  from  January  1835  to  December 
1880  see  the  three  volumes  of  The  English  Catalogue 
of  Books  compiled  by  Sampson  Low  and  published 
by  Sampson  Low,  Marston,  Searle  &  Rivington.  A 
supplement  to  this  work  is  issued  annually,  and  in 
The  Bookseller  may  be  found  a  list  of  current  English 
publications.  See,  also,  Index  to  the  British  Cata- 
logue of  books  published  during  the  years  1837  to 
1857  and  Index  to  the  English  Catalogue  of  Books, 
vol.  2.,  1856  to  January,  1876,  both 'volumes  com- 
piled by  Sampson  Low,  for  an  index  of  subjects. 

A  new  edition  of  Poole's  Index  to  Periodical  Liter- 
ature has  just  been  issued.  It  was  prepared  by  W.  F. 
Poole  assisted  by  W.  I.  Fletcher  and  the  co-opera- 
tion of  fifty  libraries,  and  indexes  periodicals  which 
bear  a  date  earlier  than  January  I,  1882.  It  is  pub- 
lished by  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.  at  $15  a  copy. 
Mr.  Poole  has  formed  a  plan  which  it  is  hoped  may 
be  carried  out  for  issuing  annually  a  supplement  to 
the  Index.  Allusion  should  be  made  to  the  following 
useful  indexes,  etc.,  which  have  been  issued  recently: 
North  American  Review  (1815-1877)  and  Supple- 


l6  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

mentary  Index  to  the  North  American  Review  (1878- 
1880),  by  Rev.  W.  Gushing;  General  Index  to  the 
North  American  Review  (1861-1882),  by  Q.  P.  Index 
(W.  McCrillis  Griswold);  Christian  Examiner  (1824- 
1869);  Bibliotheca  Sacra  (vols.  i  to  30,  through  the 
year  1873);  Harper's  Monthly  (vols.  I  to  60,  June 
1850  to  June  1880);  Scribner's  Magazine  (vols.  I  to 
10,  Nov.  1870  to  Oct.  1875;  vols.  ii  to  20,  Nov. 
1875  to  Oct.  1880;  vol.  21,  Nov.  1880  to  Apr.  1881; 
vol.  22,  May  to  Oct.  1881);  a  General  Index  to 
Scribner's  Monthly,  issued  by  Q.  P.  Index  in  1881; 
the  Atlantic  Monthly,  both  that  issued  by  its  pub- 
lishers (1857-1876)  and  a  Supplementary  Index  to  the 
Atlantic  Monthly,  giving  gleanings  from  the  volumes 
already  indexed  and  indexing  subsequent  volumes  up 
to  the  beginning  of  1881,  issued  in  Bangor,  Maine, 
by  Q.  P.  Index;  General  Index  to  the  Nation  (July 
i86s-Sept.  1880),  by  Q.  P.  Index;  General  Index  to 
the  International  Review  (1874-1880),  by  Q.  P.  In- 
dex; General  Index  to  the  first  series  of  Lippincott's 
Magazine  (vols.  1-26),  issued  by  Q.  P.  Index  in  1881; 
General  Index  to  the  Electic  Magazine  (vols.  1-96) 
and  to  the  Living  Age  (vols.  37-148),  issued  by  Q. 
P.  Index  in  1881;  Autoren-  und  Sachregister  der 
Deutschen  Rundschau  (vols.  1-29),  issued  in  1882  by 
Q.  P.  Index;  General-Autor-  und  Sachregister  zu 
zeitschriften  meist  historischen  inhalts,  und  zwar: 
Die  Historische  Zeitschrift,  Unsere  Zeit,  Das  His- 
torische  Taschenbuch  (1880-1881),  by  Q.  P.  Index; 
Revue  des  Deux  Mondes  (Table  generate,  1831-1874); 


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New  York  Daily  Tribune  Index  (1875-1882);  Palm- 
er's  Index  to  the  Times  Newspaper  (Jan.  i,  1860- 
Sept.  30,  1882);  Chronicles  of  facts  and  events  in  the 
successive  annual  volumes  of  the  Boston  Almanach, 
the  Week  and  Summary  of  the  week's  news  in  the 
Nation,  lists  of  important  events  appearing  in  news- 
papers at  the  close  or  beginning  of  every  year,  and 
Annals  of  our  time,  with  supplements,  by  Joseph 
Irving  (i837-July  22,  1878);  A  partial  index  to  the 
proceedings  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society 
from  1812  to  1880,  prepared  by  Stephen  Salisbury,  jr. ; 
the  publications  of  the  Index  Society,  namely:  i. 
Wheatley,  H.  B.  What  is  an  Index?  [With  Prelim- 
inary list  of  English  Indexes];  2.  Peacock,  M.  G.  W. 
Royalists  whose  estates  were  confiscated  during  the 
Commonwealth,  etc. ;  3.  Gomme,  G.  L.  Index  of 
Municipal  Offices,  etc. ;  4.  Report  of  annual  meeting. 
Appendixes:  Huth,  A.  H.  Index  to  books  and  papers 
on  Marriage  between  near  kin,  Birch,  W.  de  G. 
Styles  and  titles  of  English  Sovereigns,  Solly,  E. 
Indexes  of  portraits:  European  Magazine,  London 
Magazine,  and  Register  of  the  Times,  Index  of  obit- 
uary notices;  5.  Solly,  E.  Index  of  hereditary  English, 
Scotch,  and  Irish  tales  of  honour;  6.  Clark,  P.  Index 
to  Trevelyan's  Macaulay,  cab.  ed.  1878;  7.  Report  of 
annual  meeting.  Appendixes,  namely:  Indexes  of  por- 
traits: British  Gallery  of  Portraits,  Jerdan's  Portrait 
Gallery,  Knight's  Gallery,  and  Lodge's  Portraits;  In- 
dex of  Abridgments  of  patents;  8.  Index  of  obituary 
notices;  9.  Jackson,  B.  D.  Guide  to  the  literature  of 


l8  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

Botany;  TO.  Index  of  obituary  notices;  n.  Rye,  W. 
Index  to  Norfolk  topography;  12.  Jackson,  B.  D. 
Vegetable  technology. 

For  indexes  to  particular  books,  such  as  Neander's 
General  history  of  the  Christian  religion  and  church, 
works  of  Hawthorne,  and  Lange's  Commentary  on 
the  Old  Testament,  see  "  Bibliografy"  in  Library 
Journal. 

CATALOGUING. 

A  history  of  catalogue-making  and  a  criticism  of 
the  different  kinds  of  catalogues  are  contained  in  the 
article  Library  catalogues,  by  C.  A.  Cutter,  in  the 
Special  Report  (p.  526).  Persons  interested  should 
study  this  paper,  for  it  is  very  important  to  learn 
what  experience  has  taught  before  undertaking  to 
make  a  catalogue.  Part  II  of  the  Special  Report  is 
Rules  for  a  printed  dictionary  catalogue,  by  C.  A. 
Cutter.  We  have  here  the  first  printed  rules  for  mak- 
ing a  catalogue  on  the  dictionary  plan.  The  writings 
of  Mr.  Cutter  on  the  subject  of  cataloguing  and  the 
work  he  has  done  in  preparing  catalogues  have  shown 
that  he  is  an  authority  in  this  matter  second  to  none. 

For  expositions  of  other  systems  of  cataloguing, 
mixed  and  classed,  see  Catalogues  and  cataloguing, 
by  S.  B.  Noyes,  Jacob  Schwartz,  John  J.  Bailey 
(Special  Rep.,  p.  648),  and  the  remarks  of  Melvil 
Dewey  in  Decimal  classification  and  subject-index 
(Spec.  Rep.,  p.  623). 


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The  catalogue  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  the  last 
volume  of  which  has  recently  been  issued,  is  the  best 
example  that  we  have  of  a  printed  catalogue  prepared 
on  the  dictionary  plan.  It  was  made  by  Mr.  Charles 
R.  Lowell,  but  has  been  carefully  revised  and  greatly 
improved  by  Mr.  Cutter  during  its  preparation  for 
printing,  and  although  he  is  unwilling  to  have  it  re- 
garded as  his  ideal  catalogue,  yet,  owing  to  his  work, 
it  has  proved  the  most  valuable  contribution  yet 
made  anywhere  to  the  list  of  printed  catalogues  of 
large  libraries. 

Mr.  Noyes's  catalogue  of  the  Brooklyn  Library  is 
now  complete.  It  is  constructed  on  the  dictionary 
plan,  with  modifications,  the  most  important  of 
which  are  the  introduction  in  alphabetical  order  of 
carefully  classed  lists  of  books  on  the  various  branches 
of  knowledge  and  the  frequent  use  of  references  to 
periodicals.  Mr.  Noyes's  catalogue  is  an  admirable 
piece  of  work  and  one  for  which  all  students  are  in- 
debted to  him. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  uniform  entries, 
appointed  at  the  meeting  of  the  association  in  New 
York,  is  published  in  the  Library  Journal  (v.  3,  p. 
12),  and  the  majority  report  there  given  contains 
the  rules  for  cataloguing  that  stand  as  the  rules 
recommended  for  use  by  the  American  Library  Asso- 
ciation until  amended  by  it. 

With  Mr.  Cutter's  rules,  this  report,  and  good 
catalogues,  such  as  those  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
and  the  library  of  Brooklyn,  at  hand,  libraries  are 


20  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

now  well  equipped  for  beginning  under  guidance  the 
work  of  good  cataloguing. 

We  do  not  realize  how  great  our  indebtedness  is  to 
the  institutions  which  have  incurred  the  expense  of 
issuing  the  best  printed  catalogues.  Why  do  not  all 
librarians  buy  both  of  the  catalogues  just  mentioned 
for  the  sake  of  the  advantages  to  themselves  which 
would  result  from  their  free  use  and  to  encourage 
other  institutions  to  issue  similar  catalogues  ?  With 
the  rules  we  now  have  and  the  good  examples  of  cata- 
logues which  we  may  acquire  by  purchase  at  what, 
considering  their  cost,  is  a  nominal  price,  the  work 
of  cataloguing  is  half  done,  and  can  be  intrusted  to 
skilful  persons  who  have  had  only  elementary  training 
in  this  kind  of  work  with  a  little  supervision  on  the 
part  of  a  specially  trained  cataloguer. 

As  examples  of  annotated  catalogues,  we  must 
still  refer  to  the  catalogue  of  the  books  in  the  Lower 
Hall  of  the  Boston  Public  Library  of  the  classes  of 
history,  biography,  and  travel,  the  fiction  list  of  the 
same  library,  and  to  the  catalogue  of  the  Public 
Library  at  Quincy,  Mass.  An  account  of  printed 
catalogues  of  the  British  Museum  recently  begun 
may  be  found  in  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  41.  For  a  defence  of 
the  manuscript  catalogues  of  the  British  Museum 
from  criticisms  by  Prof.  Dziatzko  by  Henry  Stevens, 
and  for  a  reply  by  Prof.  Dziatzko  see  L.  J.,  v.  7,  p. 
80  and  v.  7,  p.  83.  L.  E.  Jones  sent  to  the  Cincin- 
nati meeting  of  the  Library  Association  (May  1882) 
a  report  containing  an  account  of  the  principal 


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printed  catalogues  that  had  been  issued  in  the  pre- 
vious Library  Association  year  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  177). 
Excellent  papers  on  cataloguing  are  those  read  at 
the  Boston  meeting  of  the  association,  by  Fred.  B. 
Perkins  and  James  L.  Whitney,  entitled,  respectively, 
Classification  in  dictionary  catalogues  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p. 
226)  and  Catalogues  of  town  libraries  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p. 
268).  See,  too,  Mr.  Garnett  on  Public  libraries  and 
their  catalogues,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  452). 

In  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  315  may  be  found  Rules  for  Cata- 
loguing that  have  recently  been  under  consideration 
by  the  Library  Association  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
The  first  volume  of  the  following  valuable  work  was 
published  in  Edinburgh  in  1882:  A  Dictionary  of  the 
anonymous  and  pseudonymous  literature  of  Great 
Britain,  including  the  works  by  foreigners  written  in, 
or  translated  into,  the  English  language,  by  S.  Halkett 
and  J.  Laing. 

In  L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  296  Mr.  Cutter  makes  clear  the 
distinction  between  a  pseudonym  and  a  descriptive 
phrase. 

For  current  information  in  regard  to  pseudonyms 
and  anonyms  reference  is  made  to  this  heading  of 
the  Library  Journal. 

L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  63  contains  a  note  on  The  Entry  of 
Anonymous  Books  by  C.  A.  Cutter.  Dr.  J.  S.  Bil- 
lings has  issued  three  volumes  (A-Dzondi)  of  his 
valuable  Index  catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Sur- 
geon-General's Office,  United  States  Army.  Refer- 
ence should  be  made  to  the  lists  of  additions  issued 


22  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

by  several  libraries,  which  are  mentioned  by  name 
under  the  head  of  Bibliography,  and  to  the  Index 
Medicus,  a  monthly  classified  record  of  the  current 
medical  literature  of  the  world,  compiled  under  the 
supervision  of  Dr.  John  S.  Billings  and  Dr.  Robert 
Fletcher. 

Prof.  Cleveland  Abbe  of  Washington  stated  in 
Feb.  1881  that  he  had  an  index  of  Meteorological 
matter  containing  25,000  titles  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  122). 

An  inexpensive  catalogue  is  described  in  the  Library 
Journal  (v.  I,  p.  436). 

There  is  much  interesting  matter  about  indexing 
in  the  Special  Report  and  in  the  Library  Journal* 
particularly  in  the  latter.  Thus  we  have  The  plan 
of  the  new  Poole's  Index,  a  library  symposium,  by 
S.  B.  Noyes,  Justin  Winsor,  F.  B.  Perkins,  J.  L.  Whit- 
ney, J.  Schwartz,  W.  I.  Fletcher,  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.J.,  v. 
3,  p.  141);  The  Index  symposium  and  its  moral,  by  W. 
F.  Poole  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  178);  Some  points  in  index- 
ing, by  W.  I.  Fletcher  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  243);  and  Book 
indexes,  by  F.  B.  Perkins  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  727). 

Mr.  C.  A.  Cutter  read  at  the  Washington  meeting 
of  the  Library  Association  a  report  on  the  feasibility 
of  making  an  index  to  Subject  Headings  (L.  J.,  v.  6, 
p.  114).  For  a  note  on  indexing  by  W.  M.  Griswold 
and  communications  on  indexing  see  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p. 
1 86  and  v.  6,  p.  203. 

Added  to  the  report  of  the  committee  on  uniform 
title-entries  are  a  general  list  of  abbreviations  and 
what  are  known  as  Cutter's  abbreviations  of 


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Christian  names  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  16).  Note,  also 
Months  in  brief  entries,  by  Mr.  Dewey  (L.  J.,  v.  4, 
p.  93),  and  Abbreviations  for  feminine  names,  by  C. 
A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  176).  Appended  to  the  re- 
por<-  above  mentioned  on  Uniform  title-entries  is  a 
sub-report  on  Sizes  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  19),  which  contains 
the  results  of  much  thought  on  the  part  of  our  best 
cataloguers.  There  is  much  more  on  this  matter  in 
the  Library  Journal,  which  may  be  found  by  the  use  of 
the  indexes  of  that  periodical.  Mr.  Cutter  treats  The 
use  of  capitals  in  the  Library  Journal  (v.  I,  p.  162). 

For  a  description  of  the  different  kinds  of  cata- 
logues in  use  in  public  libraries  besides  the  kinds 
already  considered  see  Appendix  I  to  Mr.  Cutter's 
Rules,  etc.,  in  the  second  part  of  the  Special  Report. 
A  discussion  of  interest  was  started  by  Justin  Win- 
sor's  Shelf-lists  vs.  Accession  catalogues  (L.  J.,  v.  3, 
p.  247).  Articles  in  which  views  different  from  those 
of  Professor  Winsor  are  expressed  are  Shelf-lists  vs. 
Accession  catalogues,  by  W.  F.  Poole  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p. 
324),  and  The  accessions  catalogue  again,  by  F.  B- 
Perkins  and  Melvil  Dewey  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  pp.  33°-338)- 

Directions  in  regard  to  the  form  of  catalogue  for 
gifts  are  given  in  L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  296. 

Note  Brass  guide-boards  for  card-catalogues,  by 
C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  215). 


24  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

THE     NUMBERING    OF     BOOKS     AND     THEIR     ARRANGE- 
MENT  AND    CLASSIFICATION. 

Read,  first,  two  series  of  general  articles  by  Melvil 
Dewey,  namely,  Principles  underlying  numbering 
systems  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  7  and  p.  75),  and  Arrange- 
ment on  the  shelves  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  117  and  p.  191). 
There  have  been  three  interesting  and  important  dis- 
cussions of  these  subjects  in  the  Library  Journal. 
In  the  first  discussion  the  articles  succeeded  one  an- 
other in  the  following  order:  A  combined  system  for 
numbering  and  arranging,  by  J.  Schwartz  (L.  J.,  v. 
3,  p.  6);  Another  method  of  numbering  books,  by 
C.  A.  Cutter  (v.  3,  p.  248);  Mr.  Cutter's  numbering 
system,  by  J.  Schwartz  (v.  3,  p.  302);  Numbering:  re- 
joinders to  Mr.  Schwartz,  by  M.  Dewey  and  C.  A. 
Cutter  (v.  3,  p.  339);  Plans  for  numbering,  with  es- 
pecial reference  to  fiction;  A  library  symposium, 
John  Edmands,  J.  N.  Larned,  M.  Dewey,  C.  A.  Cut- 
ter, F.  B.  Perkins  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  38). 

The  second  discussion  began  with  an  article  by 
Mr.  Schwartz,  entitled  A  mnemonic  system  of  classi- 
fication (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  3),  which  was  followed  by  the 
Schwartz  mnemonic  classification,  M.  Dewey,  F.  B. 
Perkins,  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  92),  and  Classi- 
fication on  the  shelves,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  4, 
P-  234). 

See,  also,  Mr.  Cutter  defends  his  modifications  of 
the  Dewey  plan  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  17),  and  Mr.  Cutter 
continues  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  88). 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  25 

The  third  discussion  began  with  Thirty-five  versus 
ten,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  62),  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  Twenty-five  plus  ten  versus  thirty-five  or  ten, 
by  J.  Schwartz  (v.  7,  p.  84);  Alfabetization  vs.  Classi- 
cation,  by  R.  Bliss,  jr.  (v.  7,  p.  104);  Alphabetical  ver- 
sus Logical  Classification,  by  J.  Schwartz  (v.  7,  p.  229); 
Logical  Classification,  by  R.  Bliss,  jr.  (v.  7,  p.  251); 
and  Alphabetical  Classification,  by  J.  Schwartz  (v.  7, 
p.  272).  See,  also,  The  mnemonic  numbering  of 
books,  by  J.  Fitzpatrick  (v.  7,  p.  229). 

Other  important  articles  are:  A  proposed  modifica- 
tion of  the  Amherst  classification  in  mathematics, 
astronomy,  and  physics,  by  Lord  Lindsay  ,(L.  J.,  v.  4, 
p.  149);  Classification  for  the  natural  sciences,  by  C. 
A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  163);  Classification  of  Fic- 
tion, by  A.  P.  Massey  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  7);  Classifica- 
tion of  the  Book  Arts,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p. 
168);  and,  supplementary  to  this  paper,  Classification 
of  Library  Economy  and  History,  by  C.  A.  Cutter 
(L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  271).  Look  at  the  report  for  1880 
of  the  librarian  of  Harvard  College.  Consult  Deci- 
mal classification  and  subject-index,  by  M.  Dewey, 
in  Special  Report  (p.  623).  See  also  British  Museum 
Shelf-classification,  by  R.  Garnett  (L.  J.,  vol.  2,  p. 
194),  and  Author  catalogues  in  classified  shelf  sys- 
tems, by  C.  A.  Cutter  and  Melvil  Dewey  (L.  J.,  v.  3, 

P-  37i). 

The  subject  of  the  classification  of  books  has  been 
ably  discussed  recently  in  the  following  papers:  Classi- 
fication on  the  shelves,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p. 


26  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

64);  Moveable  Location,  by  F.  B.  Perkins  (L.  J.,  v. 
7,  p.  29);  Mr.  Perkins's  classification,  by  Melvil  Dui 
(L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  60);  Classification  by  J.  N.  Larned  (L. 
J.,  v.  7,  p.  125);  The  Classification  of  Books,  by  Lloyd 
P.  Smith  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  172);  and  A  new  Classifica- 
tion and  Notation,  by  J.  Schwartz  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  148). 
Mr.  Cutter's  paper  was  read  at  the  Washington  meeting 
of  the  association  and  was  followed  by  a  discussion 
(L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  115)  which  showed  that  the  plan  of 
the  relative  location  of  books  was  making  great  head- 
way against  the  system  of  fixed  location.  Mr.  Larned's 
paper  read  at  the  Cincinnati  meeting  of  the  associa- 
tion was  also  followed  by  a  discussion  (L.  J.,  v.  7, 
p.  195).  Note  Harvard  College  Shelf  Guide  (L.  J., 
v.  6,  p.  54),  a  specimen  of  guides  used  in  that  library 
to  show  the  classification  of  books  on  the  shelves, 
and  A  search  for  a  guide,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (L.  J.,  v. 
7,  p.  44),  which  describes  guides  for  the  eye  in  use  in 
the  library  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum  to  enable  book- 
seekers  to  find  readily  such  books  as  they  desire. 

ADMINISTRATION. 

Consult  especially  reports. of  the  cooperation  coro 
mittee  of  the  American  Library  Association,  to  be 
found  in  different  numbers  of  the  Library  Journal, 
particularly  those  which  make  up  the  earlier  volumes. 
This  committee,  of  which  Mr.  Cutter  has  been  chair- 
man, has  made  recommendations  of  the  best  methods 
and  appliances  in  library  matters,  after  careful  exam- 


LIBRARY    AIDS  27 

ination  of  all  proposed  plans  and  suggestions.  It  has 
reached  decisions  on  such  subjects  as  accession-cata- 
logue, shelf-catalogue,  binders,  printed  numbers,  call- 
slips,  catalogue-slips,  covering- paper,  size  of  catalogue 
cards,  etc.  W.  F.  Poole's  elaborate  contribution  to 
the  Special  Report  on  the  Organization  and  manage- 
ment of  public  libraries  (p.  476)  is  of  great  impor- 
tance. Refer,  also,  to  Proceedings  of  the  Conference 
of  Librarians  at  Philadelphia  in  1876  and  of  the  meet- 
ings of  the  American  Library  Association  in  New 
York,  Boston,  Washington,  and  Cincinnati,  as  re- 
ported in  the  Library  Journal.  Examine,  too,  Notes 
and  Queries  in  different  numbers  of  the  Library  Jour- 
nal. 

For  instruction  in  regard  to  the  best  methods  in 
use  for  charging  books,  and  for  criticism  of  various 
methods,  read  first  an  admirable  series  of  articles  in 
the  Library  Journal,  by  Melvil  Dewey,  entitled,  re- 
spectively, Principles  underlying  charging  systems 
(L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  217);  Charging  systems  based  on  ac- 
counts with  borrowers  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  25*);  Charging 
systems  based  on  accounts  with  books  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p. 
285);  and  Charging  systems:  a  new  combined  plan 
and  various  details  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  359).  Consult, 
also,  Systems  of  charging  loans  and  an  improved 
slip-case,  by  Frederick  Jackson  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  230); 
The  charging  system  at  Harvard,  by  Justin  Winsor 
(L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  338);  Another  charging  plan,  by  C.  A. 
Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  17);  A  "combined"  charging 
system,  by  J.  Schwartz  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  275);  Mr.  Cut- 


28  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

ter's  charging  system,  by  C.  A.  Cutter  (v.  4,  p.  445); 
More  about  charging  systems,  by  C.  Estabrook,  J. 
Schwartz,  Melvil  Dewey  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  72);  New 
charging  system  in  use  in  the  Providence  Public 
Library  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  320);  and  Charging  systems, 
by  K.  A.  Linderfelt  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  178). 

Mr.  W.  F.  Poole  read  at  the  Boston  meeting  of  the 
association  an  interesting  paper  entitled  Spread  of 
contagious  diseases  by  circulating  libraries  (L.  J.,  v. 
4,  p.  258);  Mr.  W.  B.  Clarke  read  at  the  same  meet- 
ing a  paper  on  Book  thieving  and  mutilation  (L.  J., 
v.  4,  p.  249).  Examine,  also,  in  this  connection  Con- 
viction for  book-thieving  (v.  4,  p.  377);  and  Capture 
of  a  notorious  book-thief,  by  Samuel  S.  Green  (L.  J., 
v.  5,  P-  48). 

In  regard  to  the  disposition  to  be  made  of  pamph- 
lets, consult  Preservation  of  pamphlets,  by  C.  A. 
Cutter  (L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  51);  Proceedings  of  the  con- 
ference of  librarians  at  Philadelphia  (L.  J.,  v.  i,  pp. 
101,  104);  Pamphlets  (in  an  article  by  A.  R.  Spofford, 
on  the  binding  and  preservation  of  books,  Spec. 
Rep.,  p.  677);  and  Treatment  of  pamphlets  in  special 
libraries,  by  E.  S.  Holden  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  166).  For 
the  recommendations  of  the  association  in  regard  to 
library  statistics  see  report  of  the  cooperation  com- 
mittee (L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  429)  and  the  amendments..made 
to  the  report  by  the  association  at  its  New  York  meet- 
ing (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  37).  Note,  also,  Library  statistics, 
by  Samuel  S.  Green  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  83),  and  Library 
statistics,  by  W.  E.  Foster  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  107). 


LIBRARY    AIDS.         .  29 

In  L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  198  may  be  found  a  record  of  the 
practice  of  several  libraries  in  regard  to  placing  re- 
strictions on  the  use  of  books.  Mr.  Cutter  makes 

some   editorial  remarks  on    the    Restriction    on   the 

• 

Circulation  of  Periodicals  in  L.  J.,  v.  7, -p.  225. 

Other  interesting  articles  and  papers  in  the  Library 
Journal  and  Special  Report  to  which  attention  may 
properly  be  called  under  the  heading  Administration 
are  Branch  libraries  (L.  J.,  v.  I,  p.  288);  A  self-sup- 
porting collection  of  duplicate  books  in  demand,  by 
F.  M.  Crunden  (v.  4,  p.  10);  Book-selections,  by  Mel- 
vil  Dewey  (v.  i,  p.  391);  Selection  of  Books  for  Sun- 
day-school Libraries,  and  their  Introduction  to  Chil- 
dren, by  S.  S.  Green  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  250);  Civil-service 
reform  in  public  libraries  (v.  5,  p.  113);  Book-auction 
catalogues  and  their  perils,  by  A.  R.  Spofford  (v,  3,  p. 
53);  Alfabeting  catalog- dkrds,  by  Melvil  Dewey 
(L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  176);  New  Form  of  Shelf-list,  by  J, 
Schwartz  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  251);  and  Public  Libraries 
and  the  Public,  by  James  W.  Ward  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p. 
167),  with  discussion  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  201).  The  Pro- 
posed New  National  Library  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  270) 
weighs  the  arguments  for  collecting  all  the  govern- 
ment libraries  in  Washington  into  one  building,  and 
for  keeping  them  as  they  now  are  in  separate  deposi- 
tories. 

See,  also,  Spec.  Rep.,  p.  730;  Delinquent  notices 
and  check  box,  by  Melvil  Dewey  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p, 
370);  and  Duplicating  processes,  by  Melvil  Dewey, 
(L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  165).  References  on  many  other  sub- 


30  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

jects  in  which  persons  having  the  charge  of  libraries 
are  interested  would  have  been  given  here  had  room 
allowed.  They  are  less  necessary,  since  the  excel- 
lent indexes  which  have  been  prepared  for  the  Library 
Journal  enable  inquirers  to  find  readily  what  it  con- 
tains concerning  any  matter  of  interest.  Look  there 
and  in  the  Special  Report  for  such  subjects  as  Indica- 
tors, Gum  tragacanth  as  a  library  paste,  Embossing 
stamps  (for  the  covers  of  books),  The  Sunday  use  of 
libraries,  etc. 

BINDING. 

Consult  Binding  and  preservation  of  books,  by  A. 
k.  Spofford  (Spec,  Rep.,  p.  673);  Library'memoranda, 
by  Justin  Winsor  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  712);  Bindings  for  a 
public  library,  byF.  P.  Hathaway  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  248); 
On  binding,  by  Sir  Redmond  Barry  (v.  2,  p.  203); 
Before  rebinding,  by  Edward  G.  Allen,  of  London 
(L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  214);  Buckram  binding,  by  E.  B.  Ni- 
cholson (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  207);  Buckram  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p. 
34);  and  The  use  of  buckram,  linoleum,  and  cretonne 
for  binding,  by  E.  B.  Nicholson  in  Proceedings  of 
the  United  Kingdom  Association  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  304). 

In  the  article  last  referred  to,  Mr.  Nicholson,  the 
first  man  to  recommend  the  use  of  buckram  as  a  bind- 
ing, withdraws  his  recommendation.  It  should  be 
stated,  however,  that  some  librarians  still  regard 
buckram  as  a  useful  material  for  binding. 

On  the  restoration  of  books  see  L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  24. 

For  the  effects  of  gas  and  heat  on  bindings   see 


LIBRARY    A 


Gas  and  heat  (L.  J.,  v.  I,  p.  124);  Gaslight  and  bind- 
ings, by  F.  B.  Perkins  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  64);  The  de- 
terioration of  bindings,  a  letter  from  Prof.  Wolcott 
Gibbs  to  William  W.  Greenough,  president  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Boston  Public  Library  (L.  J., 
v.  3,  p.  229);  Gas,  in  article  on  ventilation  by  D.  F. 
Lincoln,  M.D.  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  255);  On  the  deteriora- 
tion of  library  bindings,  by  Prof.  W.  R.  Nichols  (L. 
J,,  v.  4,  p.  435);  communication  from  William  Hand 
Brown,  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  on  Bindings 
deteriorated  without  gas  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  50);  and  De- 
terioration of  bindings,  by  H.  A.  Homes  (L.  J.,  v.  5, 
P-  213). 

For  Insect  pests  in  libraries  see  an  article  with  this 
title,  by  Prof.  H.  A.  Hagen,  in  the  Library  Journal 
(v.  4,  p.  251);  The  croton-bug  as  a  library  pest  (v.  4, 
p.  376);  Library  pests  (v.  4,  p.  448);  Injurious  insects 
(beetles):  Communication  from  the  Public  Library 
at  Taunton,  Mass  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  40). 

LIBRARIES   AS   EDUCATIONAL   INSTITUTIONS. 

Examine  for  information  on  this  subject  Public 
libraries  in  manufacturing  communities,  by  W.  I. 
Fletcher  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  403);  Public  libraries  and 
the  young,  by  W.  I.  Fletcher  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  412); 
Personal  relations  between  librarians  and  readers,  by 
Samuel  S.  Green  (L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  74) ;  The  usefulness 
of  public  libraries,  as  illustrated  by  the  experience  of 
the  library  at  Worcester,  Mass.  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  114); 


32  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

On  library  lectures,  by  W.  E.  A.  Axon  (L.  J.,  v.  3, 
p.  47) ;  Library  lectures  and  other  helps,  by  Justin 
Winsor  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  120);  Library  questions  and 
answers,  by  Justin  Winsor  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  159);  Meth- 
ods of  securing  the  interest  of  a  community,  by  W. 
E.  Foster  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  245);  Free  reading-rooms, 
by  William  C.  Todd  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  460) ;  Specializ- 
ing of  reading  for  general  readers,  by  W.  E.  Foster 
(L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  25)  ;  The  place  of  libraries  in  a  sys^ 
tern  of  education,  by  C.  Warren  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  90)  ; 
Aids  and  guides  for  readers,  by  S.  S.  Green  (L.  J.,  v. 
7,  p.  141-146)  ;  Yearly  report  on  boys  and  girls 
reading,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Hewins  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  182)  ; 
and  recent  reports  of  the  trustees  of  the  Boston  Pub- 
lic Library  (for  an  account  of  the  work  done  by  at- 
tendants while  stationed  near  the  catalogue  of  the 
Lower  Hall  to  give  assistance  to  inquirers).  For  an 
account  of  assistance  given  to  users  of  a  reference  li- 
brary see  Personal  relations,  etc.,  and  Aids  and  guides 
for  readers,  papers  by  S.  S.  Green  to  which  reference 
has  just  been  made,  and  The  relation  of  the  public 
library  to  the  public  schools,  by  the  same  writer,  to 
which  reference  is  made  below.  Mention  should  here 
be  made  of  a  little  volume  entitled  Libraries  and  read- 
ers, just  issued  by  Mr.  Leypoldt,  which  contains  pa- 
pers and  addresses  by  W.  E.  Foster.  Attention 
should  also  be  called  to  the  admirable  selected  lists  of 
books  needed  in  the  investigation  of  various  subjects, 
issued  by  Mr.  Foster,  of  which  several  have  been 
published  in  the  Library  Journal,  and  to  Mr.  Foster's 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  33 

article  Reference  lists  on  special  topics,  with  speci- 
mens of  lithogram  bulletins  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  38).  Mr, 
Foster  publishes  every  month  Reference  Lists,  for 
which  he  is  ready  to  receive  annual  subscriptions. 
These  have  been  published  for  two  or  three  years. 
In  a  note  at  the  bottom  of  the  page  may  be  found  a 
list  of  the  subjects  illustrated  in  the  numbers  for 
January,  February,  March,  and  April,  1882,  which 
will  serve  as  a  specimen  of  their  contents.* 

For  the  consideration  of  the  place  of  libraries  in 
college  instruction,  and  for  the  treatment  of  kindred 
subjects,  consult  College  libraries  as  aids  to  instruc- 
tion (Circular  of  Information  No.  i,  1880,  issued  by 
the  Bureau  of  Education,  which  contains  important 
papers  by  Prof.  Justin  Winsor  and  Prof.  O.  H.  Rob- 
inson) ;  College  library  administration,  by  O.  H. 
Robinson  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  505);.  Professorships  of 
books  and  reading  [to  teach  how  to  read],  by  F.  B. 
Perkins  and  William  Mathews  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  230 
and  p.  240) ;  Learning  to  read  in  college,  by  R.  R. 
Bowker  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  60)  ;  Class-room  bibliography 
(L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  66)  ;  Use  of  college  libraries,  in  an 
extract  from  a  report  by  Justin  Winsor  (L.  J.,  v.  5, 
p.  47);  The  college  library  and  the  classes,  by  J. 
Winsor  (L.  J.,  v.  3,  p.  5);  Open  shelves  at  Brown 

*  yEstheticism,  Florence,  The  Suez  Canal,  Henry  Wadsworth 
Longfellow,  The  Roman  Catacombs,  The  Nibelungenlied,  The 
German  Empire,  Elements  of  Unity  in  Southeastern  Europe, 
The  Chinese  in  the  United  States,  The  Venus  of  Melos,  Burke, 
and  the  French  Revolution. 


34  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

University,  by  R.  A.  Guild  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  210);  Re- 
ports of  Justin  Winsor,  Librarian  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity; and  Relation  of  libraries  to 'college  work,  by 
Otis  H.  Robinson  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  97). 

Consult,  for  information  regarding  the  connection 
of  schools  and  libraries,  The  relation  of  the  public 
library  to  the  public  schools,  by  Samuel  S.  Green 
(L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  235);  The  public  library  and  the  pub- 
lic schools,  by  C.  F.  Adams,  jr.  (L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  347); 
and  Mr.  W.  E.  Foster's  admirable  articles  The  school 
and  the  library  :  their  mutual  relation  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p. 
319),  The  relation  of  the  libraries  to  the  school  sys- 
tem (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  99),  How  to  use  the  public  library: 
suggestions  for  the  use  of  pupils  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  447), 
and  Aimless  reading  and  its  correction  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p. 
78).  Examine,  also,  Reading  in  the  public  schools,  by 
Robert  C.  Metcalf  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  343),  Public  library 
and  public  schools,  by  Mellen  Chamberlain  (L.  J.,  v. 
5,  p.  299),  and  Schools  and  libraries  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p. 
206). 

Note  "  Suggestions  to  Students,"  printed  for  the 
benefit  of  pupils  in  the  Edinboro'  State  Normal  School, 
Pennsylvania  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  160),  and  How  to  use 
the  reading-room,  a  useful  little  publication  prepared 
by  Mr.  Foster.  Mr.  Leypoldt  has  just  published  a 
pamphlet  edited  by  S.  S.  Green  entitled  "Libraries 
and  Schools,"  in  which  are  brought  together  several 
of  the  best  papers  that  have  appeared  which  treat  of 
the  relations  between  schools  and  libraries  which  are 
possible  and  desirable.  In  Aids  and  guides  for  read- 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  35 

ers  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  145)  maybe  found  an  account  of 
some  interesting  new  connections  that  have  been 
made  recently  between  the  High  School  of  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  and  the  Free  Public  Library  of  that 
city. 

In  regard  to  the  fiction  question  refer  to  Sensa- 
tional fiction  in  public  libraries,  by  Samuel  S.  Green 
(L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  345);  portions  of  a  paper  entitled 
Some  popular  objections  to  public  libraries,  read  at 
the  Philadelphia  conference,  by  W.  F.  Poole  (L.  J., 
v.  i,  p.  45);  Reading  in  poputar  libraries,  by  Justin 
Winsor  (Spec.  Rep.,  p.  431);  Free  libraries  and  read- 
ers, by  Justin  Winsor  (L.  J.,  v.  I,  p.  63);  Fiction  in 
public  libraries  and  educational  catalogues,  by  C.  F. 
Adams,  jr.  (L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  330);  Popular  reading  [cita- 
tions from  the  London  Saturday  Review  and  London 
Telegraph,  the  latter  containing  J.  S.  Mill's  views 
on  fiction]  (L.  J.,  v.  I,  p.  223);  Fiction  in  free  libra- 
ries, by  P.  Covvell  of  Liverpool  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  152); 
Fiction  in  libraries:  an  extract  symposium  (L.  J.,  v. 

3,  p.  196);  Responsibility  of  parents  in  the  selection 
of  reading  for   the   young,    by   Kate   Gannett  Wells 
(L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  325);  Evil  of  unlimited  freedom  in  the 
use  of  juvenile  fiction,  by  Miss  M.  A.  Bean  (L.  J.,  v. 

4,  p.  341);  Addresses  of  James  Freeman  Clarke,  T. 
W.  Higginson,  and  others  at  the  Boston  meeting  of 
the  association   (L.  J.,  v.  4,   p.   355   et  seq.);  As  to 
novel-reading:  a  confession,  by  Peccator  (L.  J.,  v.  5, 
p.  104);  Class  adaptation  in  the  selection  of  books — 
the  fiction  question  [a  communication  of  S.  S.  Green 


36  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

in  answer  to  Peccator]  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  141);  Fiction 
in  public  libraries,  by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Dall  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p. 
158);  Some  remarks  on  the  fiction  question,  by  Prof. 
Jevons  (L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  185);  A  plea  for  novels  (L.  J., 
v.  7,  p.  86);  Fiction  in  libraries,  by  J.  L.  Beardsley 
L-  J->  v.  7,  p.  175).  For  editorials,  communications, 
etc.,  called  out  by  recent  consideration  of  the  charac- 
ter of  works  of  the  imagination  furnished  by  the  Bos- 
ton Public  Library  see  L.  J.,  v.  6,  pp.  39,  45,  155, 
204,  and  223.  For  Fiction  in  Free  Public  Library, 
Worcester,  see  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  28.  In  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  314 
is  a  circular  prepared  by  the  cooperation  committee 
of  the  A.  L.  A.  to  be  sent  to  libraries  to  ascertain 
the  effect  caused  by  the  withdrawal  from  public  use 
of  certain  works  of  fiction  after  a  period  of  circulation, 
as  well  as  the  effect  of  not  admitting  such  works.  The 
answers  received  to  the  questions  in  this  circular  may 
be  found  tabulated  in  L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  28. 

For  an  example  of  radical  opposition  to  the  pres- 
ence of  any  novels  in  a  public  library  see  Fiction  in 
public  libraries,  by  William  Kite  (L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  277). 
In  the  proceedings  of  the  Philadelphia  conference 
there  is  a  discussion  on  novels  in  libraries  (L.  J.,  v. 
i,  p.  96);  so,  also,  in  the  proceedings  of  the  London 
conference  (L.  J.,  v.  2,  p.  255),  and  of  the  Cincinnati 
meeting  of  the  American  Library  Association  (L.  J., 
v.  7,  p.  204).  The  characteristics  of  the  works  of 
"  Some  lady  novelists"  as  seen  from  a  public  library 
are  given  in  L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  108. 

For  a  list  of  the  best  hundred  novels  see  an  article 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  37 

by  F.  B.  Perkins  in  the  L.  J.,  v.  i,  p.  166.  There  is 
an  interesting  paper  on  Sunday-school  libraries  by 
Miss  Martha  H.  Brooks  in  Library  Journal,  v.  4,  p. 
338.  Look,  also,  under  the  heading  Administration  for 
an  article  by  S.  S.  Green  entitled  Selection  of  books 
for  Sunday-school  libraries,  etc. 

The  Thomas  Crane  Public  Library,  of  Quincy, 
Massachusetts,  has  issued  two  Children's  Book  Lists, 
one  containing  books  under  the  heads  Fiction,  Fairy 
Tales,  and  Historical  Fiction;  the  other,  books  under 
the  heads  Biography,  History,  Science  and  Natural 
History,  Travel  and  Adventure,  Miscellaneous.  The 
lists  are  intended  to  be  short,  containing,  both  to- 
gether, only  a  few  hundred  volumes.  These  lists 
have  proved  useful. 

Mr.  J.  N.  Larned,  of  Buffalo,  has  recently  issued 
a  catalogue  of  books  in  the  Young  Men's  Library 
suited  to  young  persons,  indicating  in  it  such  books  as 
he  knows  to  be  wholesome.  Mr.  Larned  published  a 
large  enough  edition  of  his  catalogue  to  enable  him 
to  sell  copies  to  other  libraries. 

Mr.  Leypoldt  has  just  published  a  catalogue  of 
Books  for  the  Young,  by  Miss  C.  M.  Hewins.  This 
contains  an  admirable  selection  of  books  for  children, 
and  is  by  far  the  best  catalogue  of  books  of  this  kind 
that  has  yet  appeared. 

NEED    OF   TRAINED    LIBRARIANS. 

Examine  Library  science  a  special  study  at  the 
(German)  universities,  by  Rullman  (Spec.  Rep.,  p. 


38  LIBRARY    AIDS. 

xxivj;  Apprenticeship  of  librarians,  by  Melvil  Dewey 
(L.  J.,  v.  4,  p.  147) ;  Consulting  iibrarianship,  by 
Melvil  Dewey  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  16);  Selecting  and  train- 
ing library  assistants,  by  James  L.  Whitney  (L.  J.,  v. 
7,  p.  136) ;  and  Training  of  assistants  in  a  library, 
by  F.  Vinton  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  290).  Examine  L.  J.,  v. 
6,  p.  257,  under  the  heading  Need  of  trained  librari- 
ans, for  the  substance  of  a  report  of  the  Council  of 
the  L.  A.  U.  K.  describing  a  plan  for  securing  trained 
librarians. 

LIBRARIES    WITH    MUSEUMS. 

See  Special  Report,  p.  434,  Art  museums  and  their 
connection  with  public  libraries,  by  H.  S.  Frieze,  and 
Libraries  with  museums,  by  H.  A.  Homes  (L.  J.,  v. 
6,  p.  81).  There  is  a  discussion  of  the  latter  paper 
in  the  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  128.  Note,  also,  Separate  the 
departments  (L.  J.,  v.  5,  p.  223). 

DISTRIBUTION   OF   PUBLIC   DOCUMENTS. 

A  report  criticising  the  present  plans  for  the  distri- 
bution of  public  documents  and  suggesting  changes 
in  "the  plans  that  would  make  the  distribution  more 
satisfactory  to  librarians,  prepared  by  S.  S.  Green  as 
a  member  of  a  committee  of  the  American  Library 
Association,  was  read  at  a  meeting  of  the  associa- 
tion held  in  Washington,  February  1881,  and  may  be 
found  in  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  86.  For  a  discussion  of  this  re- 
port see  L.  J.,  v.  6,  p.  130.  Mr.  Green  made  a  re- 
port on  the  action  of  Congress  in  regard  to  plans  for 


LIBRARY    AIDS.  39 

the  distribution  of  public  documents  at  the  session 
beginning  in  December  1881  (L.  J.,  v.  7,  p.  226).  By 
a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives  adopted 
Aug.  8,  1882,  J.  G.  Ames,  A.  R.  Spofford,  and  Spen- 
cer F.  Baird  were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare 
a  report  regarding  the  publication  and  distribution  of 
public  documents.  The  committee  has  made  a  re- 
port, and  it  has  been  printed  as  Miscellaneous  Docu- 
ment Number  12,  H.  R.,  47th  Congress,  Second  ses- 
sion. It  contains,  first,  a  compilation  of  such  laws  as 
are  permanent  or  continuous  in  their  operation  gov- 
erning the  printing  and  distribution  of  public  docu- 
ments, with  notes  embodying  information  deemed  of 
general  interest  or  value  ;  second,  a  tabulated  state- 
ment of  the  documents  of  the  Forty-sixth  Congress 
and  of  the  first  session  of  the  Forty-seventh  Congress, 
printed  or  to  be  printed  in  compliance  with  the  pro-  • 
visions  of  laws  already  in  force  and  of  special  acts  or 
resolutions  of  Congress  showing  the  number,  distri- 
bution, and,  so  far  as  it  has  been  found  practicable  to 
give  it,  the  cost  of  the  same,  together  with  the  num- 
ber to  which  each  member  of  Congress  is  entitled, 
and  the  surplus  remaining  after  the  distribution 
directed  has  been  made.  This  report  is  accompanied 
by  a  bill  and  resolutions  which  in  the  judgment  of  the 
committee  would  greatly  increase  the  satisfactoriness 
of  the  provisions  of  law  now  existing. 


40  LIBRARY    AIDS. 


CONCLUSION. 

In  closing,  it  should  be  stated  that  there  is  much 
discussion  in  the  Special  Report  and  Library  Journal 
concerning  improvements  which  it  is  to  be  hoped  will 
be  some  time  introduced.  S.uch  subjects  are  treated 
there  as  cooperative  cataloguing,  cooperative  index- 
ing of  periodicals  (as  supplementary  to  the  work  done 
by  Mr.  Poole  in  his  Index  of  Periodical  Literature), 
the  supply  by  publishers  of  catalogue-slips  with  books 
sold  to  libraries  and  individuals,  the  distribution  of 
public  documents,  a  clearing-house  for  duplicates, 
etc. 

Progress  is  continually  being  made  in  respect  to 
methods  of  housing  and  administering  libraries.  Li- 
brarians should,  therefore,  read  carefully  the  succes- 
sive issues  of  the  Library  Journal  (N.  Y.,  Frederick 
Leypoldt),  the  reports  of  the  meetings  of  the  Ameri- 
can Library  Association,  those  of  the  meetings  of  the 
Library  Association  of  the  United  Kingdom,  the 
Monthly  Noi;es  of  this  association,  the  first  number 
of  which,  issued  by  Triibner  &  Co.,  bears  the  elate 
Jan.  15,  1880,  and  such  works  as  are  issued  in  the 
interest  of  libraries  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of 
Education. 

SAMUEL  S.  GREEN, 

Worcester,  Massachusetts. 


LIBRARY    AUTHORITIES.  41 

LIBRARY  AUTHORITIES. 

The  following  "authorities"  are  quoted,  in  the  En- 
cyclopaedia Britannica  (vol.  14,  1882)  under  the  article 
"Libraries,"  by  H.  R.  Tedder,  F.S.A.,  Librarian 
Athenaeum  Club,  and  E.  C.  Thomas,  B.A.,  Secretary, 
Library  Association.  London: 

There  have  been  many  books  written  about  library- 
management.  A  complete  list  of  those  published 
down  to  about  1865,  with  critical  notes,  is  given  in 
Petzholdt's  Bibliotheca  Bibliographica  (Leipsic,  1866). 
Among  recent  treatises  the  valuable  works  of  Mr. 
Edward  Edwards — Memoirs  of  Libraries  (1859,  2  vols. 
8vo),  Free  Toivn  Libraries  (1869),  Libraries  and 
Founders  of  Libraries  (1865),  Lives  of  the  Founders  of 
the  British  Museum  (1870,  2  vols.  8vo) — should  be  in 
the  hands  of  all  librarians.  Petzholdt's  Katechismus 
der  Bibliothekenlehre  (Leipsic,  1871)  is  a  practical  little 
volume.  *  The  report  of  the  Bureau  of  Education  on 
Public  Libraries  of  the  U.  S.  (Washington,  1876,  2 
parts  8vo),  besides  giving  an  exhaustive  account  of 
all  the  American  libraries,  also  includes  a  great 
variety  of  valuable  information  on  library  economy. 
The  six  volumes  of  the  Library  Journal  contain  much 
that  is  useful  for  practical  librarianship  ;  it  is  a  well- 
edited  periodical.  Petzholdt's  Anzeiger  is  of  a  more 
bibliographical  character.  The  different  publications 
of  the  Library  Association  include  a  great  deal  of  in- 
teresting matter. 

*  //  is  proper  to  state  here  that  Dr.  Zoller  is  preparing  a  new, 
enlarged  edition  of  his  ''^  Bibliothekivissenschaft  in  Umrissen" 
(Stiittgart,  1846).— F.  L. 


42  BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL   AUTHORITIES. 

The  following  references  are  given  under  "  Bibli- 
ography" in  the  "Bibliographical  Aids"  prefixed  to 
the  second  volume  (Subject-Index)  of  the  American 
Catalogue: 

Cutter,  C.  A.    Some  works  of  reference  (of  special  use 

to  cataloguers).      [In    Public    libraries    in    U.    S., 

Special  report,   Bureau  of   Educ.,   pt.   2.      Wash., 

1876.     8°.] 
Gee,  W.  H.     Works  relating  to  bibliography,  history 

of  printing,  book-binding,  etc.,  catalogues  of  public 

libraries  on  sale.     Oxford,  1880.     8°. 
Guild,  R.  A.     Librarian's  manual  ;  comprising  a  de 

scriptive  list  of  bibliographies.  N.  Y.,  1858.  4°.. 
Leypoldt,  F.  List  of  recent  works  on  bibliography- 

[In  Publishers'  Weekly,  Oct.  24,  1872.] 
Petzholdt,  J.      Bibliotheca  bibliographica.      Leipzig, 

1866.     8V 
Porter,  W.  G.     Hand-list  of  bibliographies,  classified 

catalogues  and  indexes,  in  the  Reading  Room  of  the 

British  Museum.     Lond.,  1881.     8°. 
Power,  J.     A  handy-book    about   books.      London, 

1870.  8°. 

Rye,  W.  B.  A  list  of  the  books  of  reference  in  the 
Reading  Room  of  the  British  Museum.  London, 

1871.  8°. 

Sabin,    Joseph.       A    bibliography    of    bibliography. 
N.  Y.,  1877.     8°. 
Based  on  Power's  Handy-book. 

Spofford,  A.  R.  Works  of  reference  for  libraries. 
[In  Public  libraries  in  U.  S.,  Special  report,  Bureau 
'of  Educ.  Wash.,  1876.  8°. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY.  43 

Steiger,  E.  Bibliographical  bibliography  :  practical 
bibliographical  publications  issued  in  Germany, 
Austria  and  Switzerland.  \In  Year-book  of  edu- 
cation for  1879.  N.  Y.  8°.] 

Winsor,  J.  Principal  reference  books  for  college 
libraries.  [/»  his  College  libraries  as  aids  to  in- 
struction. Bureau  of  Educ.  Circ.  of  information, 
No.  i,  1880.  Wash.,  1880.  8°.] 

A  select  list  of  general  and  special  bibliographies  is  given  in 
Bost.  Pub.  Lib.  Handbook  for  readers.  The  Library  of  Con- 
gress, Boston  Pubjic  Library,  Astor  Library,  and  N.  Y.  State 
Library  are  especially  full  in  bibliographical  works.  The 
Library  Journal  has  a  regular  department  of  the  current  biblio- 
graphical publications.  A  list  of  bibliographical  journals  is 
published  every  year  in  Schulz'  Adressbuch  fiir  den  deutschen 
Buchhandel. 

The  Bost.  Pub.  Lib.  Handb.  for  readers  recommends  the  fol- 
lowing bibliographical  periodicals :  "  For  current  works  hi 
English  consult  Leypoldt's  Publishers'1  Weekly,  which  has 
taken  the  place  of  the  old  Publishers'  Circular.  The  London 
Bookseller  and  Publishers'  Circular  are  similar  records  for 
Great  Britain.  For  publications  in  French  there  are  the  monthly 
issues  of  Bossange  and  Reinwald,  in  Paris,  and  of  Christern,  in 
New  York.  The  Polybiblion  :  Revue  Bibliographique  Univer- 
selle  has  been  published  since  1866.  The  Bibliographie  de  la 
France  has  a  yearly  index  of  authors  and  subjects.  For  those 
in  German  there  are  the  lists  of  Christern,  Westermann,  and 
Steiger,  in  New  York.  The  Allgemeine  Bibliographie,  pub- 
lished monthly  by  Brockhaus,  of  Leipzig,  is  a  classed  catalogue 
of  the  most  important  European  and  American  publications. 
Other  useful  publications  as  records  of  current  bibliographical 
issues  are  Petzholdt's  Neuer  Aazeiger,  which  has  been  con- 
tinued since  1840,  with  useful  classified  indexes,  and  the  Sera- 
peum,  now  discontinued,  also  running  back  to  1840. 

[To  these  journals  should  be  added  the  Monthly  Notes  of  the 
Library  Association  of  the  United  Kingdom,  The  Bibliographer 
(London)  and  Le  Livre  (Paris).  F.  L.] 


44  BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

In  connection  with  this  list,  which  was  compiled 
in  1881,  should  be  mentioned  the  most  import- 
ant of  recent  publications,  viz.,  "Bibliographic  des 
Bibliographies,"  par  Leon  Vallee,  de  la  Bibliotheque 
Nationale,  Paris,  1883,  fully  described  in  the  Library 
Journal,  June,  1883.  This  work  is  arranged  alpha- 
betically by  authors,  but  has  an  index  of  subjects. 
Worthy  of  special  mention  is  also  "An  Index 
to  some  Recent  Reference  Lists,"  by  H.  J.  Carr, 
in  the  Library  Journal,  February,  1883.  This 
to  some  extent  forms  a  supplement  to  the  "Biblio- 
graphical Aids"  in  the  "American  Catalogue."  It  is 
arranged  on  the  same  plan,  viz.,  alphabetically  by 
subjects.  The  Monthly  Notes  of  the  L.  A.  U.  K., 
February,  1883,  contains  Mr.  Tedder's  paper  on 
"The  Bibliography  of  1882."  See,  also,  Library 
Journal,  Foster's  Monthly  Reference.  Lists,  Literary 
News,  and  Publishers''  Weekly,  whose  various  biblio- 
graphical features  are  fully  described  elsewhere  in 
this  pamphlet. 

In  addition  to  Mr.  Green's  remarks  on  Poole's 
"  Index  to  Periodical  Literature"  (Library  Aids,  p. 
15),  it  should  be  stated  that  not  only  has  the  plan  for 
issuing  annual  supplements  been  decided  upon,  but 
that  a  monthly  "  Co-operative  Index  to  the  Monthly 
Current  Numbers  of  Leading  Periodicals,"  edited  by 
W.  I.  Fletcher,  is  now  a  regular  feature  of  the 
Library  Journal.  'See  full  account  in  the  pages  of  the 
publisher,  appended  to  this  pamphlet.  F.  L. 


LIBRARY    REFERENCES.  45 


LIBRARY   REFERENCES. 

Reprinted,  by  kind  permission  of  author  and  publisher,  from 
Poolers  "Index  to  Periodical  Literature" 

Librarian,  Profession  of.     (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  i:  5. 

—  Qualifications  of.    (L.  P.  Smith)  Lib.  J.  i:  69. 

—  Work  of.    (J.  Fiske)  Atlan.  38:  480.  —  (J.  J.  Bailey)  Western, 

2:  663. 

Catalogues.    (H.  A.  Hagen)  Nation,  24:  41.  —  (C.  A.  Cut- 
ter) Nation,  24:  86. 

Librarians,  Amateur.     Liv.  Age,  137:  571. 

—  and  Readers.     Lib.  J.  i:  123. 

Relations  between.    (S.  S.  Green)  Lib.  J.  i:  74. 

—  Apprenticeship  of.    (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  4:  147. 

—  Conference  of.     See  below,  Library  Conference. 

—  Longevity  of.     (C.  Walford)  Lib.  J.  5:  67. 
Library,  The..    (L.  Cross)  Colburn,  165:  906,  989,  1087. 

—  and  Garden,  Pleasures  of.    Temp.  Bar,  53:  350. 

—  Arrangement  of  a  private.     (B.  R.  Wheatley)  Lib.  J.  3:  211. 

—  Books  for  a  small.     Pamph.  2:  279. 

—  Evening  in  a  private.     Temp.  Bar,  33:  195.    35:  397. 

—  Family.     Blackw.  26:  413. 

—  Imperial,  at  Paris.     Westm.  93:  429. 

—  Mode  of  forming.    Penny  M.  i:  21. 

—  Monastic  Library  at  Lichfield,  England,  1400.    Colburn,  1:  3t. 

—  National,  for  Ireland.     Dub.  Univ.  29:  81. 

—  of  Alexandria,  Burning  of.     Fraser,  29:  465. 

—  of  the  British  Museum.     See  British  Museum. 

—  of  Congress.     See  Congressional  Library. 

—  of  the  i4th  Century.     (H.  M.  Dexter)  Cong.  Q.  2:  268. 

—  of  useful  Knowledge.     (H.  Brougham)  Ed.  R.  51:  526. 
American.    (A.  H.  Everett)  No.  Am.  33:  515. 

See  [in  Poolers  Inde,r\  names  of  particular  libraries,  of 
cities  and  towns,  and  of  colleges  and  universities. 


46  POOLE'S    LIBRARY    REFERENCES. 

Libraries,  Illustrated.     (J.  T.  Wood)  Potter  Am.  Mo.  13:  409. 

—  Accession  Catalogue  for.  Model.     (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  i:  315. 

—  Ancient.     Am.  Bibliop.  i:  299. 
History  of.     West.  J.  5:    Ji4- 

—  Ancient  and  modern.    « W.  H.  Russell)  Ed.  R.  139:  i.    Same 

art.  Liv.  Age,  121:  259.  —  (W.  Dowe)  Nat.  Q.  37:  307-—  (S. 
B.  Treat)  Am.  Eel.  x:  351. 

—  and  Librarians,  Monkish.     Hogg,  3:  327. 

—  and  the  People.     Brit.  Q.  n:  61. 

—  Arranging  and  numbering  Books.     (J.  Schwartz)  Lib.  J.  3: 

6,  302.— (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  4:  117,  191. 

—  as  Leaven.     (J.  D.  Butler)  Am.  Bibliop.  7:  189,  237. 

—  Babylonian  and  Assyrian.     No.  Brit.  51:  305.     Same  art.  Eel. 

M.  74:  589- 

—  Bindings  in,  Deterioration  of.     (W.  R.  Nichols)  Lib.  J.  4:  435. 
Injury  to,  from  Heat.     Lib.  J.  i:  104,  124. 

—  Book-Tags,  Note  on.     (J.  M.  Anderson)  Lib.  J.  2:  200. 

—  Bookseller's  Discounts  to.     Lib.  J.  i:  134. 

—  Branch.     Lib.  J.  i:  288. 

—  British  and  Continental,  1849.     Eel.  R.  92:  i.     Same  art.  Eel. 

M.  21 :  222. 

—  Catalogues  of.     Quar.  72:  i. 

British  Museum  Commission,  1849.     Ed.  R.  92:  371. 

Co-operative.     (T.  H.  Rogers)  Lib.  J.  i:  62. 

—  Slip.     (H.  W.  D.  Dunlop)  Lib.  J.  2:  160. 

—  Cataloguing.     See  Cataloguing. 

—  Catholic.    (J.  G.  McGee)  Cath.  World,  14:  707- 

—  Charging  Loans.     (F.  Jackson)  Lib.  J.  3:  230.  —  (M.  Dewey) 

Lib.  J.  3:  217,  251,  285.  —  (J.  Schwartz)  Lib.  J.  4:  275.  —  (C. 

A.  Cutter)   Lib.  J.  4:  445.  —  (M.  Dewey  and  others)  Lib. 

J.  5:  72,  108. 

at  Harvard.    ( J.  Winsor)  Lib.  J.  3:  338. 

Combined  Plan.    (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  3:  359. 

—  Chief  Need  in.     (F.  Vinton)  Lib.  J.  3:  49. 

—  Circulating.     (J.  H.  Friswell)  Lond.  Soc.  20:  515. 
General.      (J.   R.  Anderson)  Lib.  J.  i:"44i. 

Spread  of  contagious  Diseases  by.    (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J. 

4:  258. 


POOLE  S    LIBRARY    REFERENCES.  47 

Libraries,  Circulation  of  Books  from.     (B.  R.  Wheatfey)  Lib. 

J.   2!    210. 

—  Classification  in  Dictionary  Catalogues.     (F.  B.  Perkins)  Lib. 

J.  4:  226. 

—  Classification  on  the  Shelves.    (C.  A.  Cutter)  Lib.  J.  4:  234. 

6:  64. 
at  British  Museum.    (R.  Garnett)  Lib.  J.  2:  194. 

—  Amherst  Plan.     Lib.  J.  x:    141.  —  (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  3! 
231.  (Lord  Lindsay)  Lib.  J.  4:  149. 

Discussion  on.     Lib.  J.  2:  267.    6:  115. 

—  Mnemonic  System  of.    (J.  Schwartz)  Lib.  J.  4:  3. 

—  of  Fiction.    (A.  P.  Massey)  Lib.  J.  6:  7. 

—  of  Natural  Sciences.     (C.  A.  Cutter)  Lib.  J.  5:  163. 

—  College,  and  the  Classes.     (J.  Winsor)  Lib.  J.  3:  5. 

—  and  other  higher.     (J.  Winsor)  Lib.  J.  4:  399. 

as  Semi-Public  Libraries.     (O.  H.  Robinson)  Lib.  J.  2:  57. 

—  Relation  to  College  Work.    (O.  H.  Robinson)  Lib.  J.  6:  97. 

—  Colors  in,  Use  of.     (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  3:  65. 

—  Covering  Books  for.    Lib.  J.  i:  131. 

—  Delinquent  Notices  and  Check  Boxes.    (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J 

3:  37°- 

—  destroyed  by  Fire.    (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J.  6:  163. 

—  Duplicate  Books,  Coll.  of.     (F.  M.  Crunden)  Lib.  J.  4:  10. 

—  Edwards'  Memoirs  of.     No.  Brit.  31:  447. —  Eel.  M.  49:  180 

—  Family,  Parish,  and  Sunday  School.     (J.  E.  McGee)  Cath 

World,  6:  546. 

—  Few  Words  about.    (H.  H.  Morgan)  Western,  x:  764. 

—  Fiction  in.     See  Fiction. 

— '  Finding  Lists.     Lib.  J.  1:130. 

—  Fines.    (B.  P.  Mann)  Lib.  J.  4:  441. 

—  For  the  People.     Chamb.  J.  15:  199. 

—  for  Workingmen.     Penny  M.  2:  373. 

—  Franklin  Society  of  Paris.     (C.  A.  Cutter)  Lib.  J.  i:  3. 

—  Free  Lending.     (W.  W.  Greenough)  Am.  Soc.  Sci.  J.  7:  323. 

—  Chamb.  J.  52:   215.— House.  Words,  3:   80.— (J.  W.  Well- 
man)  Bib.  Sac.  28:  209.  —  Victoria,  10:  177. 

and  Readers.     (J.  Winsor)  Lib.  J.  i:  63. 


48  POOLE'S    LIBRARY    REFERENCES. 

Libraries,  Free  Lending,  Books  for.   (J.D.Mullins)Lib.  J.a:  152. 

Condition  of,  in  England,  1872.     Westm.  98:  333. 

A  Librarian  on.     (C.  A.  Cutter)  Nation,  9:  233. 

Scheme  of,  1847.     (Dr.  Smiles)  Howitt,  i:  119. 

—  Statistical  Notes.     (W.  E.  A.  Axon)  J.  Statis.  Soc.  34:  327. 

—  Growth  of.    Mo.  R.  145:  i 

—  Historical  Sketch  of.    Once  a  Week,  25:  77. 

—  in  1819.    West.  R.  i:  249. 

—  in  China.     (W.  E.  A.  Axon)  Lib.  J.  5:  6,  37. 

—  in  Europe.     (E.  C.  Mitchell)  Lib.  J.  2:  12. 

—  in  Germany.    (G.  F.  Arnold)  Lib.  J.  5:  131. 

—  in  Lancashire  and  Cheshire.    (W.  E.  A.  Axon)  Lib.  J.  4:  412. 

—  in  New  England,  Catalogues  of  early  private.     N.  E.  Reg. 

":  75*  355- 

—  in  small  Towns.     (W.  H.  K.  Wright)  Lib.  J.  2:  119. 

—  How  to  start.    (A.  M.  Pendleton)  Lib.  J.  i:  161-421. 

—  in  a  System  of  Education.    (C.  Warren)  Lib.  J.  6:  90. 

—  Insect  Pests  in.    (H.  A.  Hagen)  Lib.  J.  4:  251. 

—  Croton  Bug  as  an.     (W.  Flint)  Lib  J.  4:  376. 

—  Italian.     Nation,  6:  287. 

—  Regulations  of.     (Count  U.  Balzani)  Lib.  J.  4:  183. 

—  Itinerating  and  local.    Mo.  R.  156:  443. 

—  The  Leeds  Indicator.    (J.  Yates)  Lib.  J.  i:  255,  443. 

—  Lending,  Hints  on.    Eng.  Dom.  M.  25:  218. 

—  Lending  Books  from.     (Sir  R.  Barry)  Lib.  J.  2:  216.  —  (J. 

Matthews)  Lib.  J.  2:  218. 

—  Literature  of  Sunday-School  and  Lending.   Liv.  Age,  129:  550. 

—  Losses  of  Books  from.     Lib.  J.  i:  no. 

—  Management  of.     Am.  J.  Educ.  2:  210. 

—  Modern,  Statistics  of.    West.  J.  5:  319. 

—  Monastic.     Chr.  Rem,  7:  616. 

—  Museums  with.    (H.  A.  Homes)  Lib.  J.  6:  8r. 
Discussion  on.     Lib.  J.  6:  128. 

—  Notes  on  Old.     (H.  M.  Dexter)  Cong.  Q.  2:  15. 

—  Numbering  Books  in.     (C.  A.  Cutter)  Lib.  J.  3:  248,  339.    4- 

88.— (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.4:  7,  75.— (J.  Edwards  and  others) 
Lib.  J.  4:  38.  —  (J.  Schwartz)  Lib.  J.  3:  302. 


POOLE  S    LIBRARY    REFERENCES.  49 

Libraries  of  Assyria.    Am.  Bibliop.  7:  156. 

—  of  Boston  and  Vicinity.     Bib.  Sac.  7:  173. 

—  of  California.    (W.  P.  Garrison)  Nation,  28;  235. 

—  of  celebrated  Literary  Men.     Fraser,  3:  408. 

—  of  the  Middle  Ages.    Dub.  Univ.  69:  398.    Same  art.  Cath. 

World,  5:  397. 

—  of  Paris.    (H.  James,  jr.)  Nation,  20:  131. 

—  Old,  of  Derbyshire.    (T,  Bateman)  Reliquary,  i:  167. 

—  Old  and  new.    (Mrs.  A.  E.  Porter)  Hours  at  Home,  4:  222. 

—  Pamphlets  in,  Treatment  of.    (E.  S.  Holden)  Lib.  J.  5:  166. 

—  Photo-Bibliography.    (H.  Stevens)  Lib.  J.  2:  162. 

—  Plea  for.    (N.  Porter)  Am.  Bib.  Repos.  3d  s.  4:  166. 

—  Popular,  Selection  of  Books  for.    (H.  A.  Homes)  Lib.  J.  3:  50. 

—  Printing-Presses  in,  Use  of.    (J.  V.  Whitaker  and  T.  L.  De 

Vinne)  Lib.  J.  4:  114. 

—  Private,  and  how  to  manage  them.    (S.  G.  Drake)  Hist.  M. 

13:  ii. 
—  of  Providence,  R.  I.    (H.  Rogers)  Am.  Bibliop,  7:  91,  150. 

—  Public.    (J.  W.  Jones)  No.  Brit.  15:  160.  —  (G.  W.  Greene) 

No.  Am.  45:  116.  —  (G.  Livermore)  No.  Am.  71:  185.  —  (R. 

B.  Patton)  Am.  Bib.  Repos.  n :  174.  —  (W.  A.  Larned)  New 

Eng.  i:    307.  —  Westm.  8:   105.  —  Am.  Alma.  1837:  78.  — 

Am.  Q.  Reg.  10:    72.  —  Bank.  M.  (N.  Y.)  3:  372.  —  (M. 

Russell)  Irish  Mo.  4  :  32.  —  (W.  W.  Greenough)  O.  &  N.  10: 

139.  —  (S.  F.  Haven)  Hist.  M.  2:  195  —  Internat.  M.  2:  359. 
and  Public  Schools.    (C.  F.  Adams,  jr.)  Lib.  J.  i:  437.  — 

(W.  E.  Foster)  Lib.  J.  4:  319.    5:  99.  —  (S.  S.  Green)  Lib. 

J-  5:  235.  —  (M.  Chamberlain)  Lib.  J.  5:  299. 

Discussion  on.     Lib.  J.  6:  136. 

Experience  of  one  Library.    (C.  F.  Adams,  jr.)  Nation,  14: 

334,  350- 

Foreign.    Chamb.  J.  9:  9. 

Good  Reading  for.    (C.  A.  Cutter)  Nation,  33:  448. 

How  to  use.    (W.  E.  Foster)  Lib.  J.  4:  447. 

in  Europe,  Statistics  of.     (W.  E.  A.  Axon)  J.  Statis.  Soc. 

33:  327- 
• and  U.  S.    (E.  Edwards)  J.  Statis.  Soc.  xi:  250. 


50  POOLE  S    LIBRARY    REFERENCES. 

Libraries,  Public,  in  Germany.     J.  Statis.  Soc.  4:  66. 

in  Great  Britain,  Report  of  Select  Committee  on.    Hogg, 

4:  261. 

—  in  London.     Am.  Bibliop.  8:  46-123. 

—  and  Paris.     Brit.  Q.  6:  72.    Same  art.  Eel.  M.  12:  289. 

—  in  New  England.     Bib.  Sac.  7:  402. 

—  in  United   States.  (J.  A.  Church)  Galaxy,  23:   639.  —  (E. 
Rowland)  Harper,  54:   722.  —  (A.  R.  Spofford)  Am.  Soc. 
Sci.  J.  2:  92.  —  Am.  Bibliop.  i:  356. 

—  Government  Report  on,  1876.    (L.  E.  Jones)  Lib.  J.  i: 
7.  —  (J.  A.  Brown)  Luth.  Q.  7:  285. 

—  Legislation  for.     (W.  F.   Poole)  Lib.   J.  2:    7.  —  (H.  A. 
Homes)  Lib.  J.  4:  262.     5:  79,  109. 

Milwaukee  Library  Law.     (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J.  3:  ^o. 

Management  of.     (E.  Howland)  Lippinc.  8:  76. 

Methods  of  securing  an  Interest  in.    (W.  E.  Foster)  Lib. 

J-  5:   245. 

—  Popular  Objections  to.     (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J.  i:  45- 

—  Possible  public  Culture  through.     (T.  Wright)  Contemp. 
40:  25. 

Rationale  of.     (W.  S.  Jevons)  Eel.  M.  96:  632. 

—  Usefulness  of.     Lib.  J.  5:  114. 

—  Working  of.     (W.  Odell,  jr.)  Macmil.  43:  439. 

—  Rules  of,  in  German  Universities.     (E.  W.  Hall)  Lib.  J.  2:  75. 

—  Scrap-Books  in.     (C.  A.  Durfee)  Lib.  J.  2:  65. 

—  Selection  and  Acquisition  of.     (R.  Harrison)  Lib.  J.  2:  145. 

—  and  Selectors.     (J.  M.  Anderson)  Lib.  J.  2:  150. 

—  Shelf-Lists  versus  Accession  Catalogues.     (J.  Winsor)  Lib.  J. 

3:  247.  —  (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J.  3:  324.  —  (M.  Dewey)  Lib. 
J.  3:  336. 

—  Special  Collections  in.    (C.  Walford)  Lib.  J.  2:  140. 

—  Statistics  of.    (J.  D.  Mullins)  Lib.  J.  2:  219. 
1848.    Chamb.  J.  10:  252. 

—  Subject-Indexes  for.    (H.  A.  Homes)  Lib.  J.  i:  81. 

Co-operative  Scheme  of.    (R.  R.  Bowker)  Lib.  J,  3-  326. 

Report  on  uniform  Title  Entries.     Lib.  J.  3:  12. 

-  Sunday  Use  of.    (W.  E.  A.  Axon)  Lib.  J.  3:  258. 


LIBRARY    REFERENCES.  51 

Libraries,  Town.     (J.  P.  Quincy)  O.  &  N.  6:  358. 

—  Catalogues  for.     (J.  L.  Whitney)  Lib.  J.  4;  268. 

—  University.    (C.  H,  Robarts)  Lib.  J.  2:  129. 

—  and  Professional  Colleges.    (C.  H.  Robarts)  Macmil.  33: 
326. 

—  Word  to  Starters  of.    (J.  Winsor)  Lib.  J.  i:  i. 
Library  Aids.     (S.  S.  Green)  Lib.  J.  6:  104. 

Library  Association,  Amer.     (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  i:  245. 

Constitution.     Lib.  J,  i:  253. 

Co-operation  Committee's  Reports.     Lib.  J.  i:  283-429. 

—  Meeting  at  Philadelphia,  1876.     Lib,  J.  i:  95-143. 
Meeting  at  New  York,  1877.     Lib.  J.  i:  429. 

Proceedings.    Lib.  J.  2:  5,  16. 

—  at  Boston,  1879.     Lib.  J.  4:  223-310. 

—  at  Washington,  1881.     Lib.  J.  6:  63-141. 

—  of  the  United  Kingdom.     Lib.  J.  4:  51. 

Organization  of.     Lib.  J.  2:  282. 

Council  Meetings.     Lib.  J.  3;  20,  335. 

—  Meeting  at  Oxford,  1878.     Lib.  J.  3:  115-369. 

—  at  Manchester,  1879.     Lib.  J.  4:  405. 
at  Edinburgh,  1880.     Lib.  J.  5:  250. 

Monthly  Meetings,  1878.     Lib.  J.  3:  115-369. 

—  1879-     Lib.  J.  4:  15-405- 
. —    _  1880.     Lib.  J.  5:  12-310. 

—  1881.     Lib.  J.  6:  5-314. 

—  Western.     Lib.  J.  6:  318. 

Library  Associations  in  France  and  America.    (C.  A.  Cutter) 

Lib.  J.i :  389. 

--  Mercantile.     Hunt,  29:  437. 
Library  Buildings.    (J.  Winsor  and  H.  Van  Brunt)  Am.  Arch. 

6:  85. 
r-  Construction  of.     (C.   A.   Cutter)  Lib.  J.   4:    424.  —  (W.  F. 

Poole)  Am.  Arch.  10:  131.  —  (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J.  6:  69.  — 

Lib.  J.  2:  31. 

. Discussions  on.     Lib.  J.  2:  251.    4:  292.    6:  123. 

. Poole  on.    (F.  F.  Browne)  Dial  (Ch.),  i:  243. 

—  Fire-Proof.    (J.  Travers)  J.  Frankl.  Inst.  42:  337. 


52  POOLE  S    LIBRARY    REFERENCES. 

Libraries,  Heating.    (M.  Dui)  Lib.  J.  6:  93. 

—  Note  on.    (G.  Depping)  Lib.  J.  2:  145. 

—  Protection  from  Fires.     Lib.  J.  4:  52. 

—  Ventilation  in.    (D.  F.  Lincoln)  Lib.  J.  4:  254. 
Library  Conference  at  Phila.,  1876.     Lib.  J.  i:  13,  90. 

—  Address  to.     (J.  W.  Wallace)  Lib.  J.  i:  92. 
Discussions  at.     Lib.  J.  i:  95-143. 

—  Papers  read  at.     Lib.  J.  i:  45-89. 

—  English,  at  London,  1877.     Lib.  J.  i:  304,  325,  397. 

(A.  G.  Knight)  Month,  34:  175. 

Inaugural  Address.     (J.  W.  Jones)  Lib.  J.  2:  99. 

Papers  read  at.    Lib.  J.  2:  99-210. 

• Proceedings.     Lib.  J.  2:  245-289. 

—  Thoughts  on.    (P.  Cowell)  Lib.  J.  3:  68. 

For  later  conferences,  see  Library  Association,  American, 

and  Library  Association  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
Library  Economy  at  Princeton  College,  with  cuts.    (F.  Vinton) 

Lib.  J.  2:  53- 

Library  Exhibition,  Paris  National.    (A.  Laugel)  Nation,  28:  80. 
Library  Hours.    (M.  Dewey)  Lib.  J.  4:  449. 
Library  Law,  Milwaukee.    (W.  F.  Poole)  Lib.  J.  3:  190. 

See  also  Libraries,  Public,  Legislation  for. 
Library  Lectures.    (W.  E\  A.  Axon)   Lib.  J.  3:   47.  —  (J.  Win 

sor)  Lib.  J.  3:  120. 
Library  Manual,  Goodenough's  English  Gentleman's.     Lond. 

M.  18:  452. 

Library  Service,  Standard  of.    (J.  Mullins)  Lib.  J.  3:  52,  160. 
Library  Statistics.    Lib.  J.  i:  429. 
Library  Wants,  Some  Notes  on.    (G.  L.  Gomme)  Colburn,  z6z: 

422. 


[Reprinted  from  Foster  s  "Libraries  and  Readers  "\ 


VIII.  BOOKS  AND  ARTICLES  ON    READING. 

IN  this  article  we  shall  aim  to  point  out  the 
various  treatises,  manuals,  articles  and  essays 
which  bear  upon  the  subject  of  this  book.  In 
other  words  the  reader  will  find  here  a  series  of 
references  to  the  subject  of  reading  by  which  he 
can  study  it  with  as  much  fulness  as  he  desires. 
And  it  should  be  remembered,  as  has  been  pointed 
out  elsewhere,*  that,  because  many  different  per- 
sons have  written  on  this  subject,  it  does  not 
necessarily  follow  that  one  should  read  them 
all ;  though  it  does  follow  that  a  reader  will 
do  well  to  examine,  and  see  what  has  been 
written. 

Some  of  the  books  on  reading.  —  Among  the 
books  which  deserve  to  be  read  through  may  be 
mentioned  President  Porter's  "  Books  and  read- 
ing", a  new  edition  of  which  has  appeared  within 
a  year.  This  work  is  prepared  on  a  very  com- 
prehensive plan,  giving  counsel  and  suggestions 
in  connection  with  almost  every  phase  of  the  sub- 

*  See  pages  28  and  30* 


Il8  LIBRARIES    AND    READERS. 

ject,  and  also  mentioning  a  large  number  of  books 
by  title. 

Two  other  books  published  within  a  few 
years  which  deserve  mention  are  "The  choice 
of  books",  by  Professor  C.  F.  Richardson  ;  and 
"  Hints  for  home  reading",  by  Lyman  Abbott, 
Charles  Dudley  Warner,  and  others. 
•  The  second  is  what  is  sometimes  called  a  sym- 
posium in  which  the  various  sides  of  the  ques- 
tion are  presented  by  different  writers.  For  in- 
stance, Mr.  Sweetser  discusses  "  What  the  people 
read" ;  Dr.  Hamlin  discusses  "  Plans  of  read- 
ing" ;  Mr.  Hale  gives  suggestions  on  "  The  choice 
of  books",  etc.  It  should  be  added  that  this  book 
has  thirty  pages  devoted  to  lists  of  books,  with 
prices  added. 

This  feature  of  book  lists  is  prominent  in  "  The 
best  reading,"  edited  by  F.  B.  Perkins  and  others. 
This  book  has  gone  through  many  editions,  of 
which  the  latest  was  issued  in  1877,  but  it  has 
been  continued  by  a  "Second  series"  published 
in  1882,  edited  by  L.  E.  Jones.  At  the  end  of  this 
book  (the  edition  of  1877),  there  are  about  forty 
pages  of  suggestions  and  counsel  on  reading. 
The  "Readings  on  readings",  at  p.  305-18  are 
quotations  from'  a  great  variety  of  authorities. 

Several  other  publications  prepared  on  a  simi- 
lar plan  have  been  published  within  the  last  fifty 


BOOKS    AND    ARTICLES    ON    READING.    119 

years,*  but  no  one  of  them  so  well  meets  the  case 
as  "  The  best  reading." 

Some  lectures  and  addresses. — But  aside  from 
these  systematically  constructed  "  handbooks" 
and  "  lists",  some  of  the  most  valuable  counsel 
and  suggestions  on  reading  have  been  given  in 
the  shape  of  lectures  or  addresses.  We  will  men- 
tion some  of  the  best.  In  1864  John  Ruskin 
delivered  two  lectures  at  Manchester,  England, 
which  have  since  been  published  under  the  title, 
"  Sesame  and  lilies."  In  1866  Thomas  Carlyle, 
on  delivering  his  inaugural  address  as  rector  of 
the  University  of  Edinburgh,  furnished  some 
very  suggestive  counsel  "  On  the  choice  of  books." 
In  1877  Dean  Stanley  delivered  an  address  at 
Bristol,  England,  on  "  The  education  of  after- 
life", touching  quite  fully  on  "  reading  as  an  in- 
fluence in  such  education."  In  1878  Mr.  G.  J. 
Goschen  delivered  an  address  on  "The  culture  of 
the  imagination",  dealing  largely  with  the  ques- 
tion of  reading.  This  was  published  separately 
as  a  pamphlet,  but  wras  also  reprinted  in  LittelFs, 
v.  141,  p.  620-29.  In  l878  tne  late  Professor 
Diman  delivered  a  noteworthy  address  on  read- 
ing, at  the  dedication  of  the  Rogers  Free  Library, 
Bristol,  R.  I.,  which  has  been  printed.  In  1879, 

*  Some  of  these  are  mentioned  in  the  Library  Journal*  v.  5, 
p.  41. 


120  LIBRARIES    AND    READERS. 

Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  delivered  an  admir- 
able address  on  reading,  before  the  Society  to 
Encourage  Studies  at  Home.  [Printed,  in  part, 
in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,  July  25,  1 879.]*  In 
1878  Professor  William  P.Atkinson  delivered  be- 
fore the  Boston  Young  Men's  Christian  Union  a 
remarkably  suggestive  lecture  "On  the  right  use 
of  books."  [This  is  published  separately,  as  is 
also  an  earlier  lecture  by  Mr.  Atkinson,  on 
"  Books  and  reading",  1860.]  A  lecture  on  "  The 
friendship  of  books",  by  the  late  Rev.  Frederick 
Denison  Maurice  is  found  in  the  volume  of  that 
title,  published  in  1880.  This  admirable  volume 
also  contains  other  noteworthy  lectures  delivered 
between  1850  and  1864,  on  "  Books",  "  Words", 
"Ancient  history",  "  English  history",  and  "The 
use  and  abuse  of  newspapers."  The  lecture  on 
"  Culture  by  reading  and  books",  in  James  Free- 
man Clarke's  excellent  volume,  "  Self-culture," 
is  particularly  worthy  of  attention. 

So7ne  things  in  periodicals. — There  are  two 
recent  magazine  articles  of  considerable  value  ; 
"  Books  and  critics",  by  Mark  Pattison,  Fort- 
nightly Review,  Nov.,  1877,  (reprinted  in  Littelfs, 
v.  135,  p,  77r~83);  "On  the  choice  of  books",  by 
Frederic  Harrison,  Fortnightly  Review,  Apr., 

*  See  quotations  from  this  address  at  pages  25  and  32  of  this 
volume. 


BOOKS    AND    ARTICLES   ON    READING.    12 1 

1879,  (reprinted  in  Littells,  v.  141,  p.  259-71,  and 
also  in  Appletoris  Journal,  v.  21,  p.  432-43).  See 
also  the  articles  by  E.  O.  Vaile,  on  "  Reading  as 
an  intellectual  process",  Popular  Science  Monthly, 
Dec.,  1875  ;  by  Josiah  P.  Quincy,  on  "The  abuse 
of  reading",  Old  and  New,  April,  1873,  v.  7, 
p.  445-50;  and  by  "Arthur  Penn",  (J.  B<  Mat- 
thews) "  Notes  on  reading",  The  Century,  May, 
1882.  For  other  periodical  references,  see  the 
new  edition  of  Poole's  Index,  p.  1085. 

Parts  of  books. — We  must  not  omit  to  mention 
also  the  important  material  which  is  to  be  found 
published  not  as  separate  books,  nor  as  separate 
articles,  but  as  parts  of  books. 

For  instance,  the  essay  on  "  Books"  in  Ralph 
Waldo  Emerson's  volume,  "Society  and  soli- 
tude", is  something  which  no  one  would  wish  to 
overlook.  And  the  older  essay  of  Lord  Bacon, 
which  has  the  title  "  Of  studies",  has  excellent 
counsel  on  the  use  of  books  which  perhaps  has 
not  since  been  surpassed  for  soundness.  Charles 
Lamb's  "  Essays  of  Elia",  contain  some  "  De- 
tached thoughts  on  books  and  reading",  which 
are  noteworthy.  It  is  here  that  he  makes  the 
remark  that  "Milton  almost  requires  a  solemn 
service  of  music  to  be  played  before  you  enter 
upon  him."  ("Works",  Am.  ed.,  v.  2,  p.  191-92.) 
William  Godwin,  in  "The  enquirer",  (1797)  has  an 


122  LIBRARIES    AND    READERS. 

essay  on  "  Reading."  No  one  who  knows  the 
quality  of  Sir  Arthur  Helps's  writings  will  wish 
to  lose  the  essays  and  discussions  on  "  Reading" 
and  "  History"  in  his  "  Friends  in  council  ",  se- 
ries i,  volume  i.  In  Hamerton's  "Intellectual 
life"  there  are  two  admirable  letters  on  "  Read- 
ing." Dr.  W.  E.  Channing,  in  a  lecture  on  "  Self- 
culture",  delivered  in  1838,  has  some  very  appro- 
priate words  on  reading,  ("Works",  (1843),  v.  2, 
P-  377-8o;  ed.  of  1875,  p.  23-24.)  In  Smiles's 
"  Character"  is  a  chapter  on  "  The  companion- 
ship of  books";  and  in  his  volume  on  "  Self-help" 
also  are  some  helpful  suggestions,  (Am.  ed.,  p. 
363-66.)  Another  excellent  book  is  that  by  John 
Stuart  Blackie,  "  On  self-culture",  which  has  sug- 
gestions as  to  reading,  (p.  9-10,  37-51.)  Another 
helpful  book  is  Munger's"On  the  threshold", 
which  has  a  chapter  on  "  Reading."  See  also 
the  chapters  on  "  Books",  in  Bishop  Clark's 
volume, . "  Early  discipline  and  culture",  and  in 
many  other  similar  books.  In  the  two  little 
books,  '^How  to  do  it",  and  "  What  career?", 
Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale  has  most  happily  suc- 
ceeded in  presenting  the  principles  of  right  read- 
ing for  young  readers.  See  also  "How  to  read  ", 
by  "  Olive  Thorne",  (reprinted  from  St.  Nicholas^) 
See  also  "  Self-formation",  by  Capel  Lofft.  Also 
the  suggestive  remarks  of  Mr.  Ruskin,  appended 


BOOKS    AND    ARTICLES    ON    READING.    123 

to  his  "  Elements  of  drawing",  (Am.  ed.,  p.  231- 
34.)  Also  the  chapter  on  "  Habits  of  reading", 
in  Professor  E.T.  Channing's  "  Lectures  on  rhet- 
oric and  oratory."  Professor  Henry  Reed's  "  Lec- 
tures on  English  literature"  and  "  Lectures  on 
English  history"  contain  such  chapters  as  "  The 
study  of  history",  "  Sunday  reading",  etc. 

The  following  will  also  be  found  interesting: 
"  The  art  of  reading",  in  "  Essays  in  mosaic", 
edited  by  Thomas  Ballantyne  •  and  the  chapter 
on  "  Re-reading  a  book",  in  Jacox's"  Recreations 
of  a  recluse",  v.  i,  p.  22-46.  "  Men  and  books", 
by  Professor  Austin  Phelps,  published  within  a 
year,  has  a  title  which  is  misleading  without  the 
addition  of  the  sub-title,  "  Studies  in  homiletics." 

The  introductory  chapter  "  On  the  study  of 
history",  prefixed  to  C.  K.  Adams's  "  Manual  of 
historical  literature",  (p.  1-30),  deserves  and  will 
command  very  careful  attention. 

Under  the  head  of  fiction  reading,  there  is  a 
somewhat  voluminous  literature.  The  indexes 
to  the  successive  volumes  of  the  Library  Jour- 
nal will  refer  you  to  much  of  it ;  and  you  will 
also  find  many  articles  and  papers  referred  to  in 
Mr.  S.  S.  Green's  paper  on  "  Library  aids",  read 
at  the  Baltimore  meeting  of  the  American  Li- 
brary Association,  (p.  9-10  of  the  report  as  pub- 
lished by  the  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education,  and  also 


124  LIBRARIES    AND    READERS. 

in  the  Library  Journal,  v.  6,  p.  no-ii.)  An  ar- 
ticle not  there  included  is  the  very  suggestive  one 
by  Professor  Justin  Winsor,  in  the  Boston  Daily 
Advertiser,  June  9,  1877,  on  "  Fiction  as  a  start- 
ing-point in  reading." 

Reading  of  school  children. — An  almost  equally 
voluminous  literature  is  that  on  the  reading  of 
school  children.  See  under  this  head  also  Mr. 
Green's  "  Library  aids",  p.  9,  (also  in  Library 
Journal,  v.  6,  p.  1 10) ;  also  the  volume,  "  Libraries 
and  schools",  edited  by  Mr.  Green,  (just  published 
by  F.  Leypoldt),  which  includes  some  of  those 
cited  in  the  "  Library  aids."  Also,  nos.  i  and  2  of 
the  "  Free  public  library  circular",  issued  by  the 
state  board  of  education  of  Rhode  Island,  (no.  i, 
"How  and  what  to  read",  by  Rev.  Washington 
Gladden;  and  no.  2,  "  Reading  in  the  right  direc- 
tion", by  A.  F.  Blaisdell,  M.D.)  There  are  also 
two  recent  annual  reports  of  state  boards  of  edu- 
cation containing  discussions  of  this  topic,  which 
have  been  separately  reprinted  ;  ("  Books  and  read- , 
ing  for  the  young",  from  the  annual  report  of 
the  Indiana  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
1880;  and  "The  reading  of  our  boys  and  girls", 
from  the  annual  report  of  the  secretary  of  the 
Connecticut  Board  of  Education,  1882.)  In  the 
Library  Journal,  Sept.-Oct.,  1879,  it  will  be  re- 
membered, are  printed  the  papers  on  this  topic, 


BOOKS    AND    ARTICLES    ON    READING.     125 

read  before  the  American  Librar^  Association  in 
1879.  The  little  volume  prepared  by  Miss  C.  M. 
Hewins,  under  the  title  of  "  Books  for  the  young", 
and  lately  published  by  F.  Leypoldt,  meets  most 
admirably  the  demand  for  carefully  selected  lists, 
and  contains  also  valuable  and  interesting  coun- 
sel. Other  serviceable  lists  of  books  for  young 
readers  are  those  published  by  the  Buffalo  Young 
Men's  Library  and  the  Brookline  Public  Library. 
Other  phases  of  the  subject. — On  the  relation  of 
public  libraries  to  readers,  see  Mr.  Winsor's  pa- 
per at  the  Library  Conference  in  1876,  on  "  Free 
libraries  and  readers",  {Library  Journal,  v.  I,  p. 
63-67.)  Also  Mr.  S.  S.  Green's  paper  at  the 
same  conference,  on  "  Personal  relations  between 
librarians  and  readers",  (Library  Journal,  v.  I, 
p.  74-81 ;  also  published  separately.)  Also  the 
paper  on  "  Professorships  of  books  and  reading", 
by  William  Mathews,  (United  States  government 
report  on  "  Public  libraries  in  the  United  States", 
4876,  p.  240-51;  also  reprinted  in  Mr.  Mathews's 
"  Hours  with  men  and  books",  p.  136-58.)  And 
that  by  Mr.  F.  B.  Perkins,  on  the  same  subject, 
(U.  S.  government  report,  p.  230-39.)  On  "li- 
brary lectures",  see  the  address  of  Rufus  Choate, 
in  1854,  ("Works",  v.  i,  p.  468-74.)  Also  an 
article  by  W.  E.  A.  Axon,  of  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, in  the  Library  Journal,  v.  3,  p.  47-49,  and 


126  LIBRARIES    AND    READERS. 

a   letter   by  Professor  Winsor,   in   the  Library 
Journal,  v.  3,  p.  120-21. 

Literary  periodicals. — Not  only  for  suggesting 
lines  of  reading,  but  for  indicating  suitable  books 
for  purchase,  the  best  literary  periodicals  are  of 
great  value.  For  instance,  the  regular  reading 
and  consulting  of  such  papers  as  The  Nation,  The 
Critic  and  The  Literary  World,  whose  book- 
reviews  are  of  recognized  authority,  cannot  fail 
to  be  serviceable; — provided  they  are  properly 
used.  It  is  frequently  well  to  see  what  is  said  of 
a  book  by  some  critic,  after  reading  it  ourselves, 
but  it  is  also  well  to  have  formed  our  own  opin- 
ion of  the  book  first,  subject  to  the  modification 
which  we  find  to  be  necessary  from  the  points 
made  by  the  critic.  But  these  reviews  are  nearly 
always  valuable  as  pointing  out  those  character- 
istics of  a  book  which  will  enable  us  to  judge 
whether  we  need  to  read  it,  or  own  it.  Of  similar 
service,  to  a  certain  extent,  are  some  of  the 
cheaper  literary  papers,  such  as  Good  Literature 
and  The  Literary  News.  The  former  of  these 
chiefly  aims  to  give  suggestive  and  valuable  ex- 
tracts from  the.  best  of  the  current  publications. 
The  latter  aims  rather  at  showing  readers  the 
quality  and  value  of  these  current  publications 
by  quoting  what  is  said  about  them  as  well  as 
extracts  from  them.  Nor  will  a  reader  find  it 


BOOKS   AND    ARTICLES   ON    READING.    127 

amiss  to  consult  what  maybe  called  the  "techni- 
cally literary"  publications,  such  as  the  Library 
Journal,  Publishers  Weekly,  etc.  Although  these 
are  primarily  intended  for  librarians  and  publish- 
ers and  booksellers,  the  information  they  contain 
is  of  importance  to  any  one  who  is  selecting 
books  for  purchase  or  use.  What  we  have  thus 
far  mentioned  are  all  American  publications.  If 
the  reader  has  time  for  it,  he  will  certainly  do 
well  to  extend  his  reading  to  the  English  critical 
papers  of  similar  scope;  The  Athen<zum,  The 
Academy,  The  Spectator,  the  English  Literary 
World,  which  as  well  as  its  American  namesake, 
is  a  helpful  publication,  and  others. 
.  The  bibliography  of  reading. —  Lastly,  the  reader 
cannot  afford  to  overlook  the  bibliography  of  his 
subject.  Here,  however,  we  cannot  do  better 
than  to  refer  the  reader  to  Sabin's  "  Bibliogra- 
phy of  bibliography" ;  Power's  "  Handy  book 
about  books;"  the  list  of  "Books  of  reference 
for  libraries",  by  A.  R.  Spofford,  (in  the  U.  S. 
government  report  p.  686-710);  the  notes  under 
"Bibliography"  in  Mr.  Green's  paper  on  "Aids 
and  guides  for  readers",  (Library  Journal,  July- 
Aug.,  1882,  p.  146-47)  ;  and  particularly  to  the 
very  comprehensive  article,  "  Bibliographical 
aids",  by  F.  Leypoldt,  in  the  "  American  cata- 
logue", pt.  2,  (Subjects),  p.  v-xx.  Under  the  head 


T28  LIBRARIES    AND    READERS. 

of  "Indexes"  in  Mr.  Green's  "  Aids  and  guides 
for  readers"  just  referred  to,  reference  is  made 
not  only  to  Poole's  Index,  but  to  the  numerous 
indexes  to  single  periodicals  recently  published, 
{Library  Joitrnal,  v.  7,  p.  139-41.)  In  the  same 
article  is  an  allusion  to  the  Monthly  Reference 
Lists  (published  by  the  Providence  Public 
Library),  in  which  the  idea  of  "practical  bibli- 
ography" has  received  a  very  noteworthy  de- 
velopment. It  is  of  considerable  importance 
that  there  should  be  no  misconception  as  to  the 
proper  function  of  these  references  and  of  those 
in  such  books  as  Winsor's  "Reader's  handbook 
of  the  American  revolution",  Gardiner  and  Mul- 
linger's  "  Introduction  to  the  study  of  English  his- 
tory", and  Adams's  "  Manual  of  historical  litera- 
ture";  and  the  necessary  limitations  and  scope 
of  these  works  are  pointed  out  in  an  article  on 
"  Helps  for  readers  and  librarians",  (by  the 
writer),  in  the  Library  Journal,  May,  1882,  p. 
85-86.  But  since  the  publication  of  that  article 
three  others  have  appeared  which  are  sure  to  be 
of  great  service.  These  are  "Historical  refer- 
ences", by  Professor  John  T.  Short;  "The  read- 
er's guide  to  English  history",  by  Professor  Wil- 
liam F.  Allen ;  and  a  "  Catalogue  of  historical 
novels  and  tales",  by  H.  Courthope  Bowen.  The 
characteristics  of  these  three  works  are  well 


BOOKS    AND    ARTICLES    ON    READING.     129 

indicated  in   the  Literary  News,  Oct.,  1882,  p. 
306-7. 

In  conclusion  we  will  remind  the  reader  that 
the  little  volumes,  "  Books  of  all  time",  "  A  read- 
ing diary  of  modern  fiction",  and  one  or  two 
other  similar  volumes  in  preparation,  contain 
serviceable  hints  and  suggestions  for  readers.* 

*  Among  other  discussions  worthy  of  notice  are  the  following : 
"  The  growth  of  young  people's  literature",  in  the  New  Eng- 
land Journal  of  Education,  v.  17,  no.  4  (1883);  "The  public 
library  and  the  common  schools",  by  Charles  Francis  Adams, 
jr.,  [1879],  reprinted  in  the  volume  "Libraries  and  schools", 
already  referred  to  ;  the  excellent  suggestions  on  "  The  use  of 
reference  books1',  by  Miss  Mary  W.  Hinman,  at  pages  45-56  of 
the  Indiana  school  report,  cited  on  page  124  of  this  volume  ; 
Langford's  "  Praise  o£  books",  a  most  delightful  volume  pub- 
lished in  English  a  few  years  ago ;  and  a  volume  just  issued 
which  is  based  on  a  similar  plan,  "The  book-lover's  enchiri- 
dion", by  "  Philobiblos."  The  latter,  however,  is  pronounced 
by  the  Monthly  Notes  (of  the  Library  Association  of  the 
United  Kingdom)  "a  not  uninteresting  compilation";  adding: 
"  It  is  impossible  to  say  much  for  his  sources  or  his  accuracy." 
There  is  also  a  compilation  published  at  Toronto  in  1880,  en- 
titled "  Pleas  for  books  ;  selections  for  lovers  of  books."  There 
is  also  a  very  striking  and  noteworthy  address  by  Col.  Homer 
B.  Sprague,  delivered  at  the  dedication  of  the  West  Brookfield 
(Mass.)  Public  Library.  See  also  the  forcibly  written  article  by 
the  late  Professor  William  Stanley  Jevons,  in  the  Contemporary 
Review,  March,  1881,  v.  39,  p.  385-402,  on  "The  rationale  of 
free  public  libraries."  We  should  not  omit  to  add  that  one  of 
the  most  thoughtful  and  suggestive  considerations  of  the  subject, 
under  such  heads  as  "  the  newspaper",  "  the  novel  ",  etc.,  is  to 
be  found  in  President  John  Bascom's  nth  Lowell  Institute 
lecture  on  "  The  philosophy  of  English  literature." 


ADDENDA. 

Since  the  publication  of  "  Libraries  and  Read- 
ers" the  following  works  have  been  published 
or  announced :  "  Books  and  how  to  use  them," 
by  J.  C.  Van  Dyke  (Fords) ;  "  The  reading 
of  books:  its  pleasures,  profits,  and  perils," 
by  Charles  F.  Thwing  (Lee  &  Shepard) ;  "  The 
highways  of  literature,  or  what  to  read  and  how 
to  read,"  by  D.  Pryde  (Funk  &  Wagnalls)  ;  "  Chats 
about  books,  poets,  and  novelists,"  by  M.  W.  Ha- 
zeltine  (Scribner)  ;  "  Methodism  and  literature," 
by  F.  A.  Archibald  (Walden  &  Stowe),  contain- 
ing "  a  catalogue  of  select  books  for  home  read- 
ing;" "The  home  library,"  by  J.Brander  Matthews 
(Appleton)  ;  and  "  The  library  manual,"  by  J. 
Herbert  Slater,  containing  a %  classified  list  of 
works  for  the  library. 

There  should  also  be  added,  as  a  work  that 
should  have  been  named  under  the  "  Bibliog- 
raphy of  reading,"  Mr.  G.  W.  Porter's  "  Hand- 
list of  bibliographies,  classified  catalogues,  and 
indexes"  (British  Museum,  1881).  Also,  Mr.  H. 
J.  Carr's  "  Index  to  some  recent  reference 
lists,"  Library  Journal,  Feb.,  1883,  v.  8,  p. 
27-32.  Also  the  monthly  index  to  the  current 
numbers  of  the  leading  American  and  English 
journals,  compiled,  on  the  plan  of  Poole's  "  In- 
dex," by  a  number  of  librarians,  and  edited  by 
W.  I.  Fletcher,  in  the  Library  Journal. 


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PUBLISHED    BY 

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CONTENTS: 

PAGE 

American  Catalogue J9 

American  Educational  Catalogue 7 

Books  for  the  Young 29 

Books  of  all  Time 28 

Books  of  Fiction 2 

Books  of  History 2 

Books  of  Science.. 2 

Books  on  Reading 2 

Index  to  Periodicals 1 1 

Index  Medicus 25 

Library  Aids 2 

Library  Journal 8 

Libraries  and  Readers 30 

Libraries  and  Schools 31 

Literary  News 17 

Monthly  Reference  Lists 13 

Publishers' Trade-List  Annual 23 

Publishers1  Weekly 3 

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In  Preparation. 


IN  PREPARATION: 

THE  BOOKS  OF  HISTORY. 

An  annotated,  classified  catalogue  of  the  most 
trustworthy  works  (in  the  English  language)  for  the 
study  of  history  and  biography,  and  the  history  of 
literature,  art,  and  philosophy.  By  Charles  Kendall 
Adams,  LL.D..  Professor  of  History'  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  author  of  "A  Manual  of  His- 
torical Literature"  and  "Democracy  and  Monarchy 
in  France." 

THE  BOOKS  OF  SCIENCE. 

An  annotated  catalogue  of  the  most  trustworthy 
works  for  the  study  chiefly  of  the  physical  and  mathe- 
matical sciences.  By  Wm.  C.  Lane,  of  Harvard 
College  Library. 

THE   BOOKS  OF  FICTION. 

A  representative  list  of  the  novels  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  preceded  by  suggestive  remarks  on  novels 
and  novel-reading,  with  blank  pages  for  additions  or 
memoranda.  By  F.  Leypoldt.  New  edition  of  the 
"  Reading  Diary  of  Modern  Fiction,"  brought  down 
to  date,  and  enlarged  by  a  brief  history  of  early  fiction 
and  notes  on  the  more  prominent  novelists  of  to-day. 

LIBRARY  AIDS. 

References  to  sources  of  information  respecting  the 
establishment  and  conduct  of  libraries.  New  edition, 
revised  and  brought  down  to  January,  1883.  By 
Samuel  S.  Green,  Librarian  Free  Public  Library, 
Worcester,  Mass. 

BOOKS  ON  READING. 

A. chapter  on  Books  and  Articles  on  Reading. 
Reprint  from  "Libraries  and  Readers,"  by  W.  E. 
Foster. 


The  Publishers     Weekly. 


The    Publishers     Weekly. 

THE  A  M ERIC  A  N  BOOK-  TRA  DE  JO  URNAL. 
F.  LEYPOLDT,  EDITOR. 

The  PUBLISHERS'  WEEKLY,  established  in  1872, 
with  which  was  incorporated  the  American  Literary 
Gazette  and  Publishers'  Circular  (established  in  1852), 
by  purchase  from  Mr.  George  W.  Childs,  is  recognized 
as  the  independent  representative  of  the  publishing 
and  bookselling  interests  in  the  United  States. 

The  central  feature  of  the  paper,  that  makes  it  an 
indispensable  aid  to  the  trade,  to  libraries,  and  to 
literary  people,  is  its  Bibliographical  Department, 
Every  possible  facility  of  reference  is  afforded  by  a 
combination  of  methods  which  records  the  books,  bv 
the  week,  the  month,  the  season,  and  the  year,  unde; 
the  author,  the  publisher,  the  title,  the  subject,  and 
the  class.  It  is  acknowledged  that  no  other  journal, 
at  home  or  abroad,  supplies  as  practical  and  satisfac- 
tory a  record  of  the  publications  of  its  country. 

The  bibliographical  department  includes : 

1.  A  "  Weekly  Record"  of  all  new  American  publications  and 
reprints,  giving  their  full  titles  (according  to  the  rules  of  Ameri- 
can Library  Association),  with  place  and  date  of  publication, 
publisher's  name,  size,  number  of  pages,  and  price  ;  and  also 
descriptive  notes  of  books  received.     This  first  and  practically 
the  official  record  is  arranged  alphabetically  by  the  authors  or 
titles^  and  for  ready  reference  is  placed  in  the  same  accessible 
position  in  each  number. 

2.  A  weekly  "  Order  List"  being   brief-title  entries,   with 
prices,  of  the  "  Weekly  Record,"  arranged  alphabetically  by 
the  Publishers.     The  object  of  this  list  is  to  present  at  a  gl?nce 
the  simultaneous  issues  of  certain  publishers,  and  to  save  time 
in  the  making  up  of  orders. 


The  Publishers     Weekly. 


3.  A  monthly  "  Index  to  the  Weekly  Record"  being  short- 
title  entries,  with  the  publisher's  name  and  the  size  and  price, 
arranged  alphabetically  by  the  authors,  with  references  from 
the  titles  or  catchwords,  and  from  the  subjects.     With  each 
entry  is  given  also  the  number  of  the  "  Weekly  Record  "  con- 
taining the  full-title  entry  and  note. 

4.  A  monthly  "  Class  Synopsis"  grouping  the  works  of  the 
month  under  such  heads  as  Biography,  Description,  Education, 
Fiction,  Fine  Arts,  History,  Law,  Literature,  Medical  Science, 
Physical  and  Mathematical  Sciences,  Poetry  and  the  Drama, 
Political  and  Social  Science,  Theology  and  Religion,  etc. 

5.  A  semi-annual  classified  list  of  Forthcoming  Publications^ 
given  in  the  Spring  and  Fall  Announcement  numbers,  in  which 
also  the  announced  books  are  more  fully  described  under  the 
name  of  the  publishers,  arranged  alphabetically. 

6.  An  annual  Index  to  the  books  of  the  year,  advertised  by 
the  more  prominent  publishers  in  the  so-called  Annual  Sum- 
mary Number,  which  generally  is  published  in  the  last  week 
of  January.     In  this  number  is  also  given  a  classified  summary 
of  the  more  prominent  publications  of  the  year. 

7.  Regular  Lists  of  the  Season,  published  as  follows  :  A  com- 
plete priced  catalogue  of  Educational  Books,  in  July  ;  a  priced 
list  of  the  Holiday  Books  and  prominent  Juvenile  Books  of  the 
year,  in  November;  a  supplementary  list  of  new  Educational 
Books,  in   February ;  a  list  of  Guide  and   Summer  Books,  in 
May. 

8.  Quarterly  lists  of  the  Publications  of  the  U.  S.  Government. 

9.  Semi-monthly  lists  of  the  more  prominent  Neiu  English 
Books. 

10.  Special  Bibliographies.      The  timely  bibliography,  now 
in  course  of  publication,  is  "  Literary  Property  :  a  catalogue  of 
books    and    authors   relating  to    literary    property   (copyright, 
international  copyright,  and  kindred  subjects),   by  Thorvald 
Sol  berg. 

The  Literary  Department  includes  comprehensive 
intelligence  as  to  books  forthcoming  and  publishing 
movements,  at  home  and  abroad,  gathered  with  the 
aid  of  representatives  in  other  cities;  editorial  discus- 
sions on  book  and  trade  subjects,  as  copyright,  postal 
questions,  book  production  and  manufacture,  etc. ; 
original  contributions  and  representative  extracts  on 
like  topics;  topical  "cues"  or  references  to  biblio- 
graphical sources  or  courses  of  reading  and  study; 
journalistic  notes;  business  notes;  literary  and  trade 
notes,  etc.  etc. 


The  Publishers'    ll'ceklv. 


The  -Advertising  Department  is  by  no  means  a  sub- 
ordinate feature  in  a  journal  chiefly  devoted  to  books. 
In  the  PUBLISHER'S  WEEKLY,  indeed,  it  is  so  repre- 
sentative of  the  publishing  enterprises  of  the  day 
that  it  becomes  an  essential  supplement  to  the  other 
departments. 

A  minor  but  practical  and  convenient  feature  is  the 
"  Books  Wanted"  column,  giving  subscribers  the 
privilege  of  a  free  insertion  of  five  lines  in  each 
issue. 

Terms,  $3.20  per  year,  10  cents  per  number.    Sam- 
ple copies  furnished  on  application.     Address 
F.   LEYPOLDT,   Publisher, 

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Your  paper  is  now  a  real  benefit  to  the  public  and  the  book 
trade. — S.  C.  GRIGGS  &  Co.,  Publishers^  Chicago. 

The  Weekly  is  the  most  useful  of  any  of  the  literary  bulle- 
HRS  that  I  have  ever  had,  and  I  think  I  have  tried  them  all. — 
CHAS.  E.  HAMMET,  Jr.,  Newport,  R.  I. 

We  cannot  help  again  commending  the  Publishers  Weekly, 
from  which  we  cull  many  items,  as  the  best  periodical  of  its 
kind  in  America.  It  is  very  ably  conducted. — Boston  Traveller. 

The  Publishers1  Weekly  and  Library  Journal  I  frequently 
quote  in  the  Journal  Officiel,  on  matters  concerning  the  book- 
trade  and  libraries. — G.  DEPPING,  Librarian  of  St.  Genevieve, 
and  Editor  of  the  Journal  OJficiel,  Paris. 

We  have  always  found  the  lists  of  "books  published  "  in  the 
Publishers'1  Weekly  reliable,  and  we  take  this  opportunity  of 
acknowledging  our  indebtedness  to  Mr.  F.  Leypoldt's*  labors. — 
Trubner's  Literary  Record. 

The  careful  cataloguing  and  excellent  descriptive  notes  in  the 
New  York  Publishers'  Weekly  are  good  examples  of  what  book 
committees  are  glad  to  have  before  them. — H.  R.  TEDDKR, 
F.S.A.,  and  E.  C.  THOMAS,  B.A.,  in  the  Encyclopedia  Bri- 
tannica,  vol.  xiv.  (1882). 

We  wish  to  compliment  you  on  the  completeness  of  your 
paper.  It  is  becoming  more  and  more  valuable,  and  we  are 
pleased  to  find  that  the  booksellers  of  the  smaller  cities  are  being 
heard  from. — LORING,  SHORT  &  HARMON,  Portland*  Me. 


The  Publishers     Weekly. 


I  fully  appreciate  the  value  of  your  excellent  Weekly,  as  well 
as  your  own  personal  services  and  sacrifices  in  the  interest  of 
the  trade.  We  have  all  much  to  thank  you  for.  You  richly 
merit  the  united  and  constant  support  of  the  trade  in  every 
section  of  the  country. — ROBERT  CLARKE,  Cincinnati. 

"  Has  risen  to  be  the  indispensable  journal  of  the  American 
book-trade.  I  can  from  my  own  experience  recommend  this 
journal,  edited  with  practical  knowledge  and  ability,  to  those 
wishing  to  keep  posted  on  subjects  pertaining  to  bibliography, 
bibliopoly,  and  literature  in  America.— Dr.  JULIUS  PETZHOLDT, 
Editor  of  the  Neuer  A  nzeiger  fur  Bibliographic  und  Biblio- 
thekw  isse  nsch  aft. 

The  Publishers'  Weekly  is  primarily,  as  its  name  indicates, 
a  journal  for  the  publishing  and  bookselling  trade,  and  it  aims 
to  give  all  the  information  concerning  books  and  literature 
generally  which  is  of  interest  to  every  person  engaged  in  any 
capacity  in  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  books.  In  that 
respect  it  is  probably  the  most  .thorough  trade  journal  published 
in  any  country.  Whilst  the  Publistiers'  Weekly  is  intended 
primarily  for  those  who  make  and  sell  books,  it  is  no  less  useful 
for  book-buyers,  and  it  is  as  interesting  to  those  who  wish  to 
know  something  about  the  course  of  current  literature  although 
unable  to  invest  in  books  except  the  most  modest  way. — Cleve- 
land Herald. 

THE   CHRISTMAS  NUMBER. 

We  beg  you  to  accept  our  congratulations  upon  the  appear- 
ance of  the  number  [1880].— HARPER  &  BROTHERS. 

The  typographical  excellence  of  this  number  is  worthy  of 
all  praise.  The  fullest  justice  is  done  to  many  beautiful  illus- 
trations given;  and  we  should  imagine  that  publishers  would 
find  it  difficult  to  find  a  better  medium  for  making  their  works 
known. — Paper  and  Printing  Trades  Journal  (London). 

The  Inter-Ocean  again  calls  attention  to  the  handsome  and 
useful  Christmas  number  of  the  Publisher  s  Weekly.  Its  ad- 
vertising pages  are.  adorned  with  the  handsome  illustrations  of 
the  holiday  publications,  and  is  of  value  as  a  useful  record  of 
works  of  the  year  and  for  its  artistic  be;<uty.  No  periodical 
fills  its  place%more  admirably  than  the  Publishers  Weekly, 
edited  by  Mr. T\  Leypoldt.— Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

One  of  the  most  tasteful  and  attractive  catalogues  which 
has  yet  been  published,  surpassing  even  the  achievements  of 
the  English  in  the  same  line.  It  [issue  of  1880]  contains  170 
pages  of  announcements,  the  most  of  which  are  accompanied 
by  beautifully  printed  wood-cuts,  which  illustrate  also  the 
range  and  excellence  of  the  art  in  this  country.  The  number 
invites  to  repeated  examination,  through  the  elegance  of  its 
arrangements. — N.  Y.  Tribune. 


The  American  Educational  Catalogue.  7 

THE    AMERICAN 

EDUCATIONAL  CATALOGUE. 

COMPILED  BY  G.  D.   T.  ROUSE. 


The  Educational  Catalogue,  established  in  1870,  is 
published  annually  in  the  Educational  Number  of  the 
Publishers'  Weekly,  and  subsequently  in  the  Pub- 
lishers' "Trade-List  Annual."  It  includes  a  price-list 
of  all  the  text-books  in  use  in  the  United  States,  ar- 
ranged alphabetically  by  author's  or  editor's  name, 
and  a  detailed  subject-index,  referring  from  each 
specific  subject  to  authors  of  books  on  that  subject, 
so  that  the  advantages  of  both  a  finding  list  for  the 
trade  and  a  class  catalogue  for  the  use  of  schools  are 
combined.  Price,  separately,  25  cents. 
F.  LEYPOLDT,  Publisher, 

31  and  32  PARK  Row,  NEW  YORK. 

The  Educational  Number  of  the  Publishers"  Weekly  (1878) 
deserves  more  than  a  mere  passing  notice.  Besides  the  usual 
array  of  book-advertisements,  reviews,  announcements,  and 
literary  notes,  it  contains  a  well-digested  catalogue  of  educa- 
tional works,  arranged  under  their  respective  subjects,  with 
the  prices  and  publishers'  names  attached.  An  idea  of  the  com- 
pleteness and  magnitude  of  this  catalogue  may  be  formed  from 
the  facts  that  the  topics  in  the  subject-index  number  170,  and 
that  there  are  no  less  than  120  houses  whose  publications  are 
thus  classified.  The  catalogue  itself  covers  twenty-nine  double- 
column  large  octavo  pages.  The  value  of  such  a  list  for  ready 
reference  can  hardly  be  overestimated.  The  bookseller  can 
turn  to  it  to  find  by  whom  a  given  book  is  published,  and  its 
price  ;  the  teacher  or  school-officer  can  see  just  what  books  are 
within  his  reach  on  any  particular  branch  ;  and  the  miscellane- 
ous book-collector  has  here  every  facility  for  making  selections 
for  his  library  on  any  educational  subject.  All  who  are  inter- 
ested in  school-books  ought  to  preserve  this  catalogue  as  a 
vade  mecum. — Christian  Union. 


The  Library  Journal. 


The   Library  Journal. 

OFFICIAL    ORGAN   OF    THE   AMERICAN 
LIBRARY  ASSOCIA  TION. 

GENERAL  EDITOR:   CHARLES  A.  CUTTER, 

Librarian^  Boston  Athenceum. 

THE  LIBRARY  JOURNAL  was  established  in  1876  by 
the  co-operative  efforts  of  the  leading  librarians  on 
both  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  Its  chief  object  is  to  be 
a  practical  help  to  the  every-day  administration  of 
both  large  and  small  libraries,  and  to  effect  a  saving 
by  enabling  library  work  to  be  done  in  the  best  way, 
at  the  lowest  cost.  The  Journal  especially  meets  the 
needs  of  the  smaller  libraries,  offering  them  the 
costly  experience  and  practical  advice  of  the  largest. 
In  refraining  from  doing  imperfectly  what  is  done  so 
well  by  the  several  journals  specially  devoted  to  anti- 
quarian or  purely  historical  interests,  the  LIBRARY 
JOURNAL  is  enabled  to  give  its  chief  attention  to 
modern  bibliography  and  current  literature,  as  repre- 
sented particularly  in  its  departments  of  "Bibliog- 
raphy" (proper),  "Library  Economy  and  History/' 
"Anonyms  and  Pseudonyms,"  and  the  "Library 
Purchase-List." 

Two  important  new  features,  that  will  render  the 
LIBRARY  JOURNAL  more  generally  useful,  have  been 
introduced  during  1883: 

1.  A   monthly  index    to    the    current   numbers    of 
leading  American  and  English  periodicals,  compiled, 
on   the  co-operative   plan  of  Poole's  "  Index,"  by  a 
number   of    librarians,    and    edited    by    William    I. 
Fletcher,  the  associate  editor  of  Poole's  "  Index." 

2.  A   department  of  "  Literature  for  the  Young," 
consisting   of   a   list  of  new  books  suitable  for  the 


The  Library   Joitrnal. 


young,  with  citations  of  authorities,  and  of  notes  and 
suggestions,  from  various  sources,  on  reading  and 
the  best  use  of  books.  This  department  is  edited  by 
MissC.  M.  Hevvins,  Librarian  of  the  Hartford  Library 
Association,  and  author  of  "  Books  for  the  Young," 
well  known  among  libraians  as  one  of  the  most 
efficient  workers  in  this  special  field  of  literature. 

The  LIBRARY  JOURNAL  and  the  Monthly  Notes  of  the  Library 
Association  of  the  United  Kingdom  (established  in  1880)  are 
the  only  periodical  publications  in  the  English  language  that 
are  devoted  exclusively  to  library  interests.  Although  the  ex- 
ponents of  the  library  experience  of  two  countries,  both  jour- 
nals are  in  so  small  a  measure  limited  to  national  or  local  in- 
terests, and  their  general  library  and  bibliographical  informa- 
tion is  so  predominant,  that  both  Journals  should  be  in  the 
hands  of  every  English-speaking  librarian,  as  inseparable  com- 
panions. 

Published  monthly.  Price  of  subscription,  $4  per 
annum.  Sample  copies  furnished  on  application. 
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This  excellent  journal  increases  in  interest  as  it  proceeds.— 
Antiquary  (London). 

The  Journal  meets  my  highest  expectations  as  an  organ  for 
libraries  and  librarians. — R.  A.  GriHd,  Librarian  Brown  Uni- 
versity. 

The  American  Library  Journal  should  take  its  place  upon 
the  desk  of  every  librarian  and  every  collector  of  books,  to 
whom  it  will  furnish  more  than  one  useful  help. — Journal  des 
Debats  (Paris). 

Would  save  money  and  time  wherever  libraries  are  begun. 
The  whole  science  of  handling  books  to  the  end  of  their  best 
popular  use  is  expounded  in  its  pages  with  the  knowledge 
which  comes  by  experience. — Literary  IVorld  (Boston). 

I  consider  the  Journal  one  of  the  most  valuable  aids  to 
librarians  ever  undertaken.  I  do  not  see  how  a  librarian  can 
venture  to  undertake  his  responsibilities  without  it.  Every 
library,  whether  public  or  private,  that  spends  $200  annually  on 
its  administration  cannot  pay  out  $5  with  more  advantage  to 
itself  than  by  taking  the  Journal —John  Eaton*  Commissioner 
of  Education. 


IO  The  Library  Journal. 

The  larger  libraries,  of  course,  all  subscribe  for  the  Library 
Journal.  I  cannot  see  how  any  small  library  can  do  without  it. 
1  am  receiving-  a  dozen  letters  a  week  from  small,  libraries  ask- 
ing me  questions  which  have  been  answered  fully  in  \heLibrary 
Journal.  My  custom  is  to  answer  briefly,  and  refer  the  inquirers 
to  the  Journal,  advising  them  to  subscribe  for  it  forthwith. — 
IV.  F.  Poole,  Chicago  Public  Library. 

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and  indispensable  aids  to  all  who  are  connected  with  the  man- 
agement of  libraries  in  any  way.  True  economy  of  methods, 
time,  and  money  may  be  here  learned  by  the  young  librarian. 
The  practical  suggestions  and  information  embodied  in  a  single 
number  are  frequently  worth  ten  times  the  year's  subscription. 
— A.R.  Spofford,  Librarian  of  Congress. 

The  Library  Journal  is  exactly  the  professional  manual 
which  will  save  money  to  the  supporters  of  libraries,  and  labor 
and  error  to  the  librarian  and  his  staff,  and  which  will  therefore 
directly  increase  the  amount  and  usefulness  of  reading  to  be 
afforded  to  the  public.  It  ought  to  pertain  to  every  library  just 
as  books  ought,  or  the  salary  of  the  staff. — F.  B.  Perkins,  Li- 
brarian Mercantile  Library,  San  Francisco. 

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Journal  should  not  be  as  much  read  on  this  as  on  the  other 
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his  library  to  the  most  perfect  method  and  highest  degree  of 
usefulness,  it  bids  fair  to  be  invaluable.— Academy  (London). 

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out exception,  to  the  support  of  a  journal  which  places  the  latest 
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command. —  Thomas  Vickers,  Cincinnati  Public  Library. 

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Index   to   Periodicals . 

CO-OPERATIVE  INDEX  .TO  CURRENT*  NUMBERS 

OF    LEADING    PERIODICALS. 

Edited  by  W.  I.  FLETCHER. 
\Supplementtothe  Library  Journal.     Seepage  8.] 

The  suggestions  for  the  co-operative  indexing  of 
current  periodicals,  submitted  by  Mr.  Poole  and  Mr, 
Fletcher,  and  also  by  Mr.  Stetson,  in  the  January 
number  (1883)  of  the  Library  Journal,  have  met  with 
such  prompt  action  on  the  part  of  interested  li- 
brarians that  Mr.  Stetson's  monthly  plan  has  already 
gone  into  operation,  and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  pre- 
pare the  way  for  Mr.  Poole's  annual  and  quinquennial 
continuations.  It  may  be  safely  announced  that 
both  plans  will  be  thoroughly  tested.  It  has  been 
decided  that  during  1883,  as  an  experiment,  the  refe- 
rences shall  be  printed  in  the  Library  Journal.  The 
first  instalment  begins  in  the  April  number. 

The  following  periodicals  have  thus  far  found  in 
dexers  for  the  year  1883:    . 

Academy.  Longman  s  Magazine. 

A  ntiquary.  Macmillan's  Magazine. 

Athenceum.  Magazine  of  Amer.  History. 

A  tla ntic  Month ly .  Nation . 

Bibliographer.  Nature. 

Blackwood.  New  Rngland  Register. 

British  Quarterly .  New  Engtander. 

Catholic  World.  '  Nineteenth  Century. 

Century.  North  American  Review. 

Chambers" s  Journal.  Overland. 

Contemporary  Review.  Popular  Science  Monthly. 

Corn/till.  Portfolio. 

Dublin  Review.  Princeton  Review. 

Edinburgh  Review.  Quarterly  Review. 

Fortnightly  Review.  Science. 

Harper* s  Magazine.  Scottish  Review. 

International  Review.  Temple  Bar. 

Knowledge.  United  Service  Magazine. 

Library  Journal.  I 'an   Nostrand's   Eclectic    En- 

Lippincotfs  Magazine.  gineer ing  Magazine. 

L  iving  .{ i,'<?.  //  'estminster  Review. 

Fifteen  more  joitrn.t'.s  will  be  added  in  July. 


Library  Journal, 


<v  As  a  supplement  to  the  last  edition  of  Poole  this  volunteer 
work  is  of  the  highest  value." — Good  Literature. 

"  Bookbuyers  and  students  everywhere  ought  to  subscribe  to 
the  Journal,  if  only  for  the  sake  of  this  new  feature."— Nation. 

"  The  Library  Journal  is  the  official  organ  of  the  American 
,  Library  Association.  It  is  an  exceedingly  well-printed  paper, 
and  it  is  engaged  in  the  promotion  of  several  excellent  enter- 
prises which  will  commend  it  greatly  to  the  book-loving  public. 
For  instance,  just  now  the  Journal  is  endeavoring  to  procure 
the  indexing  of  the  current  number  of  the  different  periodicals 
by  distributing  the  work  among  the  librarians  and  others  who 
are  willing  to  give  their  time  and  labor  to  a  really  good  cause. 
There  are  few  readers  who  are  worthy  to  be  called  such  who 
will  not  at  once  recognize  the  importance  of  this  enterprise,  and 
if  all  who  do  recognize  its  importance  will  give  it  a  cordial  en- 
couragement, the  scheme  of  co-operative  indexing  will  before 
long  be  in  process  of  successful  accomplishment." — Phila.  Tele- 
graph. 

"The  real  value  of  the  Library  Journal  to  the  general  stu- 
dent appears  with  great  force  in  the  March-April  number, 
which  contains  the  index  of  the  previous  year,  with  a  wealth  of 
special  references  to  subjects  which  touch  study  at  many  points 
in  pseudonyms,  bibliographies,  etc.  When  to  this  is  added  a 
supplement  containing  the  "Co-operative  Index''  to  current 
periodicals  for  January,  February,  April  and  March,  and  for  six 
American  monthlies,  as  well,  the  indispensable  character  of  this 
aid  to  the  research  of  the  student  must  be  apparent  to  every 
reader.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  this  supplement  alone,  if  taken  in 
an  ordinary  family  of  growing  boys  and  girls,  would,  in  two  or 
three  years,  make  the  swarm  of  magazines  which  litter  most 
houses  the  most  valuable  portion  of  the  domestic  library  in 
training  and  education." — Phila.  Press. 

"The  popular  magazines,  by  the  pecuniary  inducements 
which  they  are  able  to  offer  to  writers,  are  the  vehicles  through 
which  much  of  the  best  thought  of  the  time  reaches  the  public. 
But  no  one  is  able  to  read  all  the  periodicals  that  are  published, 
nor  even  the  standard  ones,  and  this  index  is  the  key  to  all  their 
treasures.  To  the  literary  vyorker  its  value  can  hardly  be  over- 
estimated; to  the  specialist  in  any  branch  of  science  or  letters  it 
is  indispensable,  since  it  places  within  his  immediate  reach 
many  of  the  latest  fruits  of  labor  in  the  same  field;  to  every  one 
who  desires  to  be  well  informed  it  furnishes  the  means  of  mak- 
ing the  most  effective  use  of  his  time.  The  projectors  and  pub- 
lishers of  this  index  ought  to  receive  the  most  cordial  support. 
Whether  the  index  continues  to  be  printed  in  the  Library 
Journal  or  not  depends  upon  the  pecuniary  encouragement 
which  the  publishers  receive." — Providence  Press. 


Monthly   Reference   Lists. 

A   GUIDE  FOR  THE  READER  AND  STUDENT 
TO  TRUSTWORTHY  SOURCES  OF  INFOR- 
MATION ON  CURRENT  TOPICS. 

PREPARED    BY 

WILLIAM   E.  FOSTER, 
Librarian  Providence  Public  Library. 

Terms,  $i  per  year,  10  cents  per  number.     Sample  copies  fur 
nished  on  application.     Address 

F.  LEYPOLDT,  Publisher, 

31  AND  32  PARK  Row,-  NEW  YORK. 


"  The  two  volumes  1881-82,  of  the  Providence  Library's 
Monthly  Reference  Lists,  ...  are  a  welcome  addition  to  the 
endless  variety  of  indexes.  They  can  be  used  in  connection 
with  any  good  public  or  private  library."—  The  Nation^  Jan- 
uary 18,  1883. 

"Most  thoroughly  and  carefully  selected,  embracing  a  wide 
range,  from  the  best  German  authorities  to  the  latest  articles  in 
current  literature." — New  England  Journal  of  Education, 
April  21,  1881. 

"  Invaluable  to  editors  and  other  persons  desiring  to  consult 
works  of  reference." — Indianapolis  Daily  Journal. 

"  Any  teacher  with  advanced  pupils,  desirous  of  training  stu- 
dents in  habits  of  investigation,  could  scarcely  do  better  than 
supply  these  lists  as  texts  for  composition." — Springfield  Daily 
Republican,  April  22,  1881. 

"  .  .  .  The  most  noticeable  and  perhaps  the  most  valuable 
feature  of  Mr.  Foster's  reference  lists  is  the  topical  subdivision 
of  the  main  subject.  For  a  student  or  teacher,  the  k  structural 
bibliography  '  is  much  more]valuable  and  suggestive  than  a  long 
listof  authorities,  which,  in  some  cases,  would  be  hardly  better 
than  a  catalogue.  For  example,  the  subject  of  American 


14  Monthly  Reference  Lists. 


*  Local  Self- Government '  is  much  better  treated  under  the  sub- 
division of  '  Origin, '  '  Tendencies,  '  '  New  England  Towns, ' 
4  Middle  Colonies,1  'Southern  Colonies,'  than  under  the  main 
head  alone,  for  the  structural  method  presents  the  subject  from 
different  points  of  view,  and  yet  as  an  organic  whole.  This 
sttuctural  method  stands  in  the  same  relation  to  the  generic 
subject  of  study  as  that  subject  does  to  study  in  general.  A 
catalogue  of  mere  names  or  a  long  bibliography  of  authorities 
is  often  very  discouraging  to  readers,  but  when  attention  is 
called  to  a  particular  subject,  to  a  special  point  of  view,  and 
to  an  individual  author,  then  a  point  has  been  made  for  the 
encouragement  of  readers  and  of  original  research.  The  most 
important  function  which  any  catalogue,  bibliography,  ref- 
erence list,  or  consulting  librarian  can  discharge,  is  to  arrest 
attention,  to  make  mental  points.  Mr.  Foster  distinctly  says 
in  his  preface  that  his  reference  lists  'are  intended  as  ivork- 
ing-lists  and  not  as  bibliographies.1  He  does  not  aim  at 
being  exhaustive,  or  exhausting,  but  as  being  suggestive.  Mr. 
Foster  has  well  said  in  the  Library  Journal  (7  :  86),  the  bibliog- 
raphy '  aims  at  completeness  for  the  sake  of  completeness ; 
but  the  working-list  is  as  complete  as  it  serves  its  purpose  to 
be.'  The  purpose  of  Mr.  Foster  is  manifestly  that  of  a  prac- 
tical librarian,  desiring  to  aid  a  reading  public,  and  not  that  of  a 
scientific  specialist,  a  mere  antiquarian  bibliomaniac,  desiring 
to  collect  or  amass  all  existing  authorities  for  the  sake  of  hav- 
ing them  at  his  command. 

"  Scientific  point  in  the  description  of  books,  monographs, 
magazine  articles  is  of  more  consequence  to  most  readers  than 
bibliographical  enumeration  or  catalogue  completeness.  A 
reader  does  not  want  all  books ;  he  wants  the  best,  and  more 
especially  one  or  tivo'sA.  a  time,  with  special  reference  to  partic- 
ular things  that  may  be  found  within  them.  ...  A  good 
librarian  like  Mr.  Foster  and  many  others  in  this  country  will 
show  the  reader  a  subject-catalogue,  a  ready-reference-list,  a 
definite  way  of  finding  out  special  things  through  some  partic- 
ular book.  ...  A  good  method  of  ready  reference  is  like  a 
bright,  sharp  needle  in  a  skilful  hand,  deftly  working  some 
fine  or  useful  end  ;  a  poor  method  is  like  hunting  for  a  needle 
in  a  haystack.'1 — HERBERT  B.  ADAMS,  Johns  Hopkins  Univer- 
sity, Baltimore,  in  the  A''.  E.  Hist,  and  GeneaL  Register,  Jan., 


CONTENTS  OF  VOL.  III.  (1883)  -.—January.  62.  The  Civil 
Service.  63.  Gambetta  and  the  third  republic.  64.  John  Green- 
leaf  Whittier.  65.  An  elective  judiciary.  February.  66.  Indian 
tribes  in  the  United  States.  67.  Mr.  Gladstone's  career. 
March.  68.  Richard  Wagner.  69.  Georgia  sesqui-centennial. 


Monthly  Reference  Lists. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS,   1881. 


JANUARY. 

PAGE 

1.  The    stability    of     the 

French  republic i 

2.  The    Plantagenets    in 

England i,  3 

3.  The    demand    for    the 

cession  of  Dulcigno. .       3 

FEBRUARY. 

4.  George  Eliot 5 

5.  George  Washington...  5,  7 

6.  Webster  and   the  con- 

stitution        7 

MARCH. 

7.  Thomas  Carlyle 9 

8.  Alexander  I.  and  nihil- 

ism    9,  ii 

9.  Hamilton's  influence...     ii 

10.  The    sanity    of    Ham- 

let...      ii 

APRIL. 

11.  Lord  Beaconsfield 13 

12.  Free  ships 15 

13.  Sheridan's  "Rivals"...     15 

MAY. 

14.  The  dramas  of    Soph- 

ocles  17,  19 

15.  Revision  of  the  English 

Bible 19 

JUNE. 

16.  Abraham  Lincoln 21,  23 

17.  The  relation  of    Eras- 

mus to  his  time 23 

jg.  Madame  de  Stael ......     23 


JULY. 

PAGE 

Comets 55 

Deep-sea  phenomena. 25,  27 
The  French  in  Tunis..     27 

AUGUST. 

,  Dean  Stanley 29 

,  The  centenary  of  Kant, 

29,31 
SEPTEMBER. 

.  The  unification  of  Italy, 

English  discussion  of 
protection 35 

Cardinal  Richelieu's 
career 35 

The  Spanish  armada.       35 

OCTOBER. 

Yorktown 37,  39 

Discoveries  at  Olympia    39 
England  in  the  eight- 
eenth century 39 

NOVEMBER. 

,  The  French  allies, 
[1778-81] • 41,  43 

The  English  people 
before  the  Norman 
conquest  43 

Memoranda  on  Othel- 
lo, by  actors 43 

DECEMBER. 

The  proposed  inter- 
oceanic  Canal 45,  47 

Analysis  of  motive  in 
Macbeth 47 


Monthly  Reference  Lists. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS,   1882. 


JANUARY. 

PAGE 

36.  ^Estheticism i 

37.  Florence 1,3 

38.  The  Suez  canal 3 


FEBRUARY. 

39.  Henry  Wadsworth  Long- 

fellow        5 

40.  The  Roman  catacombs,  5,  7 

41.  The  Nibelungenlied. ..      7 


MARCH. 

42.  The  German  empire. . .      9 

43.  Elements  of    unity    in 

Southeastern  Europe. 9,  n 


APRIL. 

.44.  The     Chinese    in    the 

United  States  13 

45.  The  Venus  of  Melos. ..     13 

46.  Burke  and  the  French 

revolution 13 


MAY. 

47.  Darwin  and  his  scien- 
tific influence 15,  17 

4$.  Emerson's  philosophi- 
cal position 17 


JUNE. 

49.  The  last  years  of  the 

Roman  republic ....  19,  21 


JUNE — Continued. 

PAGE 

50.  University     education 

in  Germany 21 

JULY. 

51.  Local  self-government, 

23,  25 

52.  European  interests    in 

Egypt 25 

AUGUST. 

53.  The  national  banks 27 

54.  Tendencies      of     local 

self  -  government    in 
the  United  States. .  .27,  29 

SEPTEMBER. 

55.  Herbert  Spencer 31,  33 

56.  Wordsworth's  poetry. .     33 

OCTOBER. 

57.  Daniel  Webster,  [1782- 

1852] 35,37 

58.  The   Gregorian  calen- 

dar      37 

NOVEMBER. 

59.  Philadelphia         [1682- 

1882] 39,  41 

DECEMBER. 

60.  Tariff  legislation  in  the 

United  States,  43, 45,  47,  49 

61.  Transits  of  Venus. ...     49 


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of  readers  and  students. 

Its  plan  is  to  present  each  month  a  full  survey  of 
current  literature,  by  means  of  brief  reviews  and 
notices,  sketches  of  authors,  lists  of  books  of  the 
month,  etc.  The  reviews  and  book-notices  are  con- 
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leading  houses  issued  subsequently  to  that  date,  and 
an  index  to  this  appendix  is  given  in  each  volume. 
As  a  further  aid,  a  list  of  bibliographies  is  prefixed  to 
the  second  volume  to  assist  the  student  in  prosecut- 
ing his  researches  beyond  the  province  of  the  Cata- 
logue proper.  These  two  lists  serve  to  bridge  over 
the  interval  elapsing  during  the  compilation  and 
publication  of  the  work,  and  thus  practically  remedy 
a  defect  inherent  in  all  such  publications. 

The  Catalogue  thus  forms  the  only  approximately 
complete  guide  in  existence  to  the  American  books  of 


The  American  Catalogue. 


the  day,  so  arranged  as  to  make  reference  easy  from 
whatever  direction  the  inquiry  may  come,  whether 
from  that  of  the  author,  or  the  title,  or  the  subject. 
It  not  only  furnishes  the  desired  information  about 
any  particular  book  of  which  the  consulter  is  in 
search,  but  shows  what  others  there  are  by  the  same 
author,  or  qn  the  same  subject  in  which  he  is  inter- 
ested. To  the  bookseller,  therefore,  it  is  valuable 
both  in  filling  orders  and  in  stimulating  business;  to 
the  librarian,  in  supplying  gaps  and  proportioning 
his  collection;  and  to  all  who  are  practically  con- 
cerned with  books,  in  furnishing  information  which 
nowhere  else  is  obtainable  by  so  convenient  a 
method,  if  obtainable  at  all. 

This  work  forms  the  foundation  of  American  trade 
bibliography,  since  supplementary  volumes  are 
planned,  the  first  to  cover  to  1885,  if  they  are  justified 
by  the  return  of  the  investment  in  the  original  work. 
Of  this  only  about  100  copies  remain  unsold  (March, 
1883),  and  the  price  of  the  unsubscribed  copies  will 
presently  be  raised  to  $40 — which  is  necessary  to 
cover  the  actual  cost  of  this  great  work.  It  should 
be  remembered  that  the  present  price  simply  covers 
the  actual  cost  of  compilation  and  publication,  and  is 
relatively  lower  than  that  of  the  "  English  Cata- 
logue," of  which  the  first  volume  has  long  been 
scarce  and  commands  a  high  price.  Collectors  will 
do  well  to  secure  copies  of  "The  American  Cata- 
logue" while  it  is  yet  in  the  market,  since  it  will  not 
and  cannot  be  reprinted. 

What  Librarians  say. 

I  must  express  my  high  sense  of  the  extreme  care  and  great 
bibliographical  skill.— HENRY  R.  TEDDER,  Sec'y  U.  K.  Lib'y 
Assoc. 

Let  me  add  my  hearty  acknowledgment  of  most  signal  in- 
debtedness, as  a  librarian,  for  the  American  Catalogue.— W.  E. 
FOSTER,  Providence  Public  Library. 

The  volume  which  is  to  contain  the  subject-index  will  alone 


The  American  Catalogue. 


be  worth  the  price  of  subscription  as  a  labor-saving  hand-book 
of  reference  to  librarians,  book-dealers,  and  book-buyers. — A.  R. 
SPOFFORD,  Library  of  Congress. 

I  consider  it  a  monument  of  your  skill,  intelligence,  taste,  and 
patience.  I  do  not  understand  how  any  bookseller  or  library 
can  think  it  economy  to  try  to  get  on  without  it.-*-JoHN  ED- 
MANDS,  Mercantile  Library,  Philadelphia. 

A  magnificent  (inagnifique)  publication.  We  do  not  indulge 
in  such  luxurious  catalogues  in  France.  ...  I  also  wish  to  ex- 

B'ess  my  congratulayons  on  the  excellent  editorial  work. — G. 
EPPING,  Librarian  of  St.  Genevieve,  and  Editor  of  the  Journal 
Officiel,  Paris. 

What  Booksellers  say. 

Your  American  Catalogue  is  very  valuable,  and  we  are  thank- 
ful that  a  man  exists  who  has  pluck  and  energy  enough  to  carry 
such  a  work  through. — ROBERTS  BROS.,  Boston. 

I  feel  very  proud  of  the  Catalogue,  and  have  found  it  already 
a  source  of.  information  in  regard  to  books  that  my  thirty-seven 
years'  experience  did  not  anticipate. — WM.  H.  YOUNG,  Troy, 

The  Catalogue  is  a  monument  of  patient,  dry,  uninviting 
work.  .  .  .  There  is  scarcely  a  bookseller  in  the  country  who 
would  hesitate  a  moment  to  expend  twenty-five  dollars  in  ad- 
vertising his  stock ;  ought  he  to  hesitate  a  moment  about  an 
expenditure,  that  would  enable  him  to  sell  hundreds  of  dollars' 
worth  of  books  in  a  year?  Such  an  investment  would  also  pur- 
chase for  him  a  reputation  among  his  customers  for  intelligence 
and  trade  knowledge  that  would  pay  him  him  five  times  over. — 
A.  D.  F.  RANDOLPH. 

What  the  Press  says. 

Forms  a  unique  and  invaluable  guicte  to  the  current  literature 
in  the  American  market. — London  Academy. 

Within  its  appointed  limits  [it]  is,  without  question,  the  most 
perfect  trade  bibliography  with  which  we  are  acquainted.— 
London  Bookseller. 

There  is  absolutely  no  one  who  has  to  do  with  books  to  whom 
it  is  not  indispensable.  In  libraries  it  will  be  especially  useful, 
particularly  where — as  in  so  many  cases — there  is  no  catalogue. 
— Examiner  and  Chronicle. 

It  is  a  truly  magnificent  piece  of  work  from  a  typographical 
point  of  view,  and,  looked  at  from  the  bibliographic  side,  ap- 
pears to  be  done  with  the  enlightened  care  that  characterizes  the 
works  of  the  projector.  —  London  Publishers'  Circular. 

It  is  not  possible  to  speak  too  strongly  of  the  value  of  the 
work  on  first  principles,  of  the  general  thoroughness  and  ac- 


The  American    Catalogue. 


curacy  with  which  it  has  been  done,  or  of  its  typographical 
beauty.  Few  fairer  and  more  sumptuous  books  have  been 
issued  from  the  American  press.—  Literary  World. 

To  booksellers,  of  course,  it  is  indispensable ;  but  it  is 
almost  equally  needful  to  careful  bookbuyers.  It  will  take  its 
place  at  once  as  a  most  valuable  assistant  of  the  book-committee 
in  every  library  whose  purchases  extend  beyond  the  merest 
current  literature,  or  where  any  attempt  is  made  to  fill  up  par- 
ticular branches  ;  and  it  may  even  be  found  useful  as  a  supple- 
ment and  corrective  of  the  classed  catalogue,  or  perhaps  as  a 
substitute  lor  one  in  those  unhappy  libraries  which  are  too  poor 
to  have  a  guide  of  their  own. — Nation. 

Scarcely  any  book  of  reference  within  our  knowledge  has 
been  prepared  in  answer  to  a  more  positive  or  more  definite 
need.  The  usefulness  of  such  a  bibliography  as  this  scarcely 
needs  emphasis.  Every  man  who  reads  books  or  cares  for  them 
has  constant  need  to  search  for  precisely  the  sort  of  information 
which  is  here  given  concerning  them,  and  there  is  absolutely  no 
other  place  in  which  one  can  look  for  it  with  a  fair  hope  of  find- 
ing it.  The  work  is  one  which  needed  to  be  done,  and  it  is  done 
here  with  great  good  sense,  good  judgment,  and  rare  diligence. 
— N.  Y.  Evening  Post. 

In  the  convenient  arrangement  of  the  Catalogue,  in  the  fidel 
ity  and  thoroughness  of  its  literary  preparation,  and  in  the  rare 
typographical  good  taste  of  its  mechanical  execution,  a  contri- 
bution is  presented  to  American  bibliography  of  no  common 
practical  value  and  which  challenges  the  favorable  attention  of 
booksellers,  librarians,  compilers  of  literary  works,  and  readers 
of  books  in  general.  .  .  .  The  plan  of  the  work  will  at  once 
commend  itself  to  the  reader,  the  seller,  and  the  fancier  of 
books,  furnishing  a  trustworthy  guide  to  a  large  portion  of 
American  literature,  an<4  presenting  the  student  of  bibliography 
with  a  welcome  aid. — N.  Y.  Tribune. 

A  unique  bibliography,  compiled  on  an  entirely  new  plan,  in 
which  the  finding  of  titles  is  made  exceedingly  easy — the  saving 
of  time  seeming  to  Americans  of  first  importance.  Special  pains 
have  been  taken  in  identifying  anonymous  and  pseudonymous 
authors.  The  digest  of  the  immense  material  shows  extraor- 
dinary labor.  Corresponding  to  the  price  of  the  work  is  its 
exquisite  get-up  ;  in  which  respect  it  is  approached  among  Con- 
tinental bibliographies  only  by  Lorenz's  beautifal  Catalogue  de 
la  librairie  francaise.  Its  typographical  arrangement,  clear- 
cut  type,  excellent  presswork,  hard,  white  paper — ail  these 
make  the  eye  rest  with  pleasure  on  its  pages.  Libraries  and 
leading  bookstores  can  scarcely  do  without  it. — Borsenblatt 
fur  den  deutschen  Buchhandel  (Official  Journal  of  the  German 
Book- trade). 


The  Publishers     Trade -List  Annual.  23 

THE    PUBLISHERS' 

TRADE-LIST   ANNUAL 

FOR  1882  (TENTH  YEAR). 

Large  8°,  2248  pages.     Price  $1.50;  post-paid,  $2. 


This  volume  is  indispensable  to  any  one  that  has 
any  interest  in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  books.  It 
contains: 

1.  THE  PUBLISHERS'  TRADE-LISTS. — These  are  the  latest  Cata- 
logues of  American  publishers,  arranged  alphabetically  by  the 
names  of  the  publishers. 

2.  THE  EDUCATIONAL  CATALOGUE.— This    priced   catalogue, 
which  is  used  by  the  entire  trade  and  educational  interest  as  the 
most  complete  and  reliable  reference-list  of  school-books,  is  ar- 
ranged on  the  "  dictionary  plan,"  combining  a  finding-list  for 
the  trade  and  a  subject  catalogue  for  the  use  of  schools.     (See 
Educational  Catalogue  on  another  page.) 

3.  ANNOTATED  LIST  OF  THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  YEAR. — A  complete 
reprint  of  the  PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY ./#//•////*  Records  (inclusive 
of  all  the  descriptive  notes)  from  July  2,  1881,  to  June  30,  1882. 

4.  COMPLETE  INDEX  TO  THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  YEAR. — In  order  to 
facilitate  reference  to  the  above  list,  it  is  accompanied  by  a  full 
index  by  which  every  book  on  record  can  be  found,  whether  it 
is  looked  for  under  author,  title^  or  subject.     Numerous  cross- 
references  are  also  added  to  facilitate  the  finding  of  books  on 
similar  subjects. 

F.   LEYPOLDT,   Publisher, 

31  AND  32  PARK  Row,  NEW  YORK. 

Literally  a  book  of  books. — Philadelphia  Press. 

A  very  useful  and  reliable  assistant  in  our  business. — J.  B. 
-LipriNCOTT  &  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

One  of  the  most  time-saving  and  profitable  instrumentalities 
used  by  the  trade.— AMERICAN  NEWS  Co.,  New  York. 

The  most  useful  work  for  reference  we  have  ever  had  for 
general  use  in  the  trade.— LEE  &  SHEPARD,  Boston. 

Not  a  day  passes  that  we  do  not  consult  it  many  times.— 
A.  D.  F.  RANDOLPH  &  Co.,  New  York. 


24  The  Publishers'1    Trade- List  Annual. 


Portentously  cheap ;  and  for  libraries  and  book-dealers  and 
book-men  generally,  indispensably  useful. — Putnam's  Library 
Companion. 

Is  simply  indispensable  to  every  publisher,  librarian,  and 
literary  editor,  as  a  book  of  reference,  and  in  that  capacity  very- 
useful  to  every  person  having  much  to  do  with  literature.— 
Literary  World. 

'This  huge  volume  gives  one  the  most  comprehensive  views  of 
American  literature,  so  far  at  least  as  titles  and  subjects  go,  that 
can  possibly  be  obtained.  To  indicate  the  uses  it  may  serve  or 
give  an  idea  of  the.  information  that  is  contained  between  its 
covers  would  be  an  impossible  task  within  the  limits  of  a  para- 
graph. For  the  book-trade,  libraries,  the  editorial  sanctum,  and 
literary  people  generally,  it  is  invaluable,  and  the  admirable 
style  in  which  it  is  brought  out  reflects  the  greatest  credit  both 
upon  the  compiler  and  publisher. — Christian  Union. 

Some  idea  of  the  present  dimensions  of  the  book-trade  may 
be  obtained  from  the  "Publishers'  Trade-List  Annual"  for 
1882,  which  is  made  up  of  over  two  thousand  pages  of  pub- 
lishers' catalogues.  Tne  preparation  of  the  "Annual"  is  the 
work  of  Mr.  F.  Leypoldt,  of  New  York,  who  publishes  it, 
and  who  puts  intelligence  and  enthusiasm  into  all  his  tasks  of 
this  character.  A  valuable  feature  of  the  "  Annual,"  new  in 
this  number,  is  the  inclusion  of  the  "  Record  of  New  Books," 
as  published  from  week  to  week  in  the  Publishers'1  Weekly. — 
Boston  Journal. 

The  tenth  "  Publishers'  Trade-List  Annual"  has  an  improve- 
ment which  will  be  appreciated  by  every  one  who  has  occasion 
to  consult  this  collection  of  publishers'  catalogues.  In  place  of 
the  so-called  reference-list  of  books  recorded  during  the  year 
in  the  Publishers'  Weekly,  the  monthly  record  from  July  to 
July  is  given  with  the  appended  notes,  which  are  always  a  use- 
ful guide  to  the  character  of  the  works  on  which  they  are  be- 
stowed. The  loss  of  convenience  in  having  the  whote  series 
under  one  alphabet  as  hitherto  is  fully  compensated  b)  a  sub- 
ject- and  author-index.— Nation. 

It  has  often  been  said  in  these  columns  that  few  people  know 
how  to  buy  books,  and  from  time  to  time  we  have  given  hints 
as  to  the  best  way  of  acquiring  this  art.  To  those  hints  we  now 
add  this  :  Keep  constantly  by  you  the  latest  edition  of  "  Whit- 
aker's  Catalogue"  and  the  "Trade-List  Annual."  They  will 
pay  for  themselves  from  the  money  they  will  help  you  save  in  a 
single  month,  and  you  will  seldom  turn  to  them  without  finding 
just  the  information  that  you  want.  You  will  thus  be  able  to 
buy  intelligently  and  not  in  the  haphazard  fashion  which  is 
common  even  among  old  book-buyers. —  Examiner. 


index  Me  die  us.  25 


INDEX  MEDICUS. 

A  MONTH L  Y  CLASSIFIED  RECORD  OF  THE 

CURRENT  MEDICAL  LITERA  TURE 

OF  THE  WORLD. 


COMPILED    UNDER    THE    SUPERVISION    OF 

DR.  JOHN  S.  BILLINGS,  SURG.,  U.S.A.,  AND  DR. 
ROBERT  FLETCHER,  M.R.C.S.,  ENGLAND. 


The  INDEX  MEDICUS,  established  in  1879,  records 
the  titles  of  all  new  publications  in  Medicine,  Surgery, 
and  the  collateral  branches,  received  during  the  pre- 
ceding month.  These  are  classed  under  subject- 
headings  and  followed  by  the  titles  of  valuable  origi- 
nal articles  upon  the  same  subject,  found,  during  the 
like  period,  in  medical  journals  and  transactions  of 
medical  societies.  The  periodicals  thus  indexed 
comprise  all  current  medical  journals  and  transac 
tions  of  value,  so  far  as  they  can  be  obtained. 

The  INDEX  MEDICUS  is  published  monthly,  at  $6 
per  annum,  and  supplements  all  the  leading  medical 
journals  (American  and  foreign)  as  a^current  guide 
and  general  index  to  all.  Sample  copies  sent  free  on 
application. 

F.  LEYPOLDT,  Publisher, 

31  AND  32  PARK  Row,  NEW  YORK. 

A  marvel  of  accuracy  and  completeness.—  Lancet  (London). 

Truly  a  chef-d'oeuvre  of  medical  bibliography  and  unique  of 
its  kind.— Journal  d""  Hygiene  (Paris). 

Truly  a  herculean  work. — Broivn-Sequard  (Comptes  rendus 
des  seances  et  mem.  de  la  Soc.  de  Biologie). 


26  Index  Medicus. 


We  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  this  journal  is  the  most 
valuable  contribution  to  medical  science  of  the  present  century. 
—  Glasgow  Sanitary  Journal. 

No  author  or  writer  can,  without  great  loss  of  time,  dispense 
with  the  aid  of  this  useful  monthly. — Deutsches  Archiv  fiir . 
Geschichte  der  Medizin  (Leipsic). 

If  I  could  have  had  it  when  I  commenced  the  study  and  prac- 
tice of  medicine  it  would  have  saved  me  several  years  of  labor, 
and  have  added  so  much  to  my  life. — Frank  H.  Hamilton. 

An  index  of  inestimable  value.  .  .  .  We  tender  our  best 
thanks  to  the  editors  and  the  enterprising  publisher  for  opening 
up  so  valuable  a  literary  mine. — Medical  Press  and  Circular 
(London) 

»  We  do  not  see  how  any  one  can  afford  to  be  without  this 
journal.  It  is  a  necessity,  not  only  to  those  who  are  teachers, 
but  to  the  busy  practitioner  everywhere. —  The  Medical  Record 
(New  York). 

It  is  the  result  of  great  and  continuous  labor  and  research,  and 
supplies  a  very  valuable  and  useful  index  to  the  current  medi- 
cal literature  of  all  the  departments  of  medicine.— Med.  Times 
and  Gazette  (London). 

We  consider  the  u  Index-Catalogue  of  the  Surgeon-General's 
Library,"  as  well  as  the  INDEX  MEDICUS,  absolutely  indispens- 
able to  every  person  interested  in  medical  literature.— Gazette 
Hebd.  de  Med.  et  de  Chir.  (Paris). 

The  amount  of  information  to  be  derived  from  a  mere  peru- 
sal of  such  a  periodical  can  hardly  be  realized  by  one  who  is 
not  familiar  with  the  refinements  to  which  this  business  of 
cataloguing  has  been  carried.  It  is  useful  and  interesting  to 
everybody,  whether  he  be  a  *'  bookworm"  or  not.—  Boston  Medi- 
cal and  Surgical  Journal. 

The  magnitude  of  the  plan  arouses  our  admiration.  No  medi- 
cal opinion  can  now  escape  notice,  no  published  analogous  cases 
be  overlooked.  Let  us  welcome  the  gigantic  enterprise  which, 
in  presenting  a  universal  survey  of  medical  study,  must  neces 
sarily  further  the  general  progress  of  medical  science.— Cor- 
resp.-Blatt  f.  Schiveizer  Aerzte  (Basel). 


parea  wua  me  INUKX  IVIKDILUS,  wnicu,  ni  bibliographical  v-wm- 
pleteness,  has  far  surpassed  both.  What  heretofore  has  been 
presented  by  our  German  bibliographers  as  current  medical 
literature  in  toto  embraced  in  reality  only  the  principal  pub- 


Index  Mcdicus.  27 


lications  of  France,  Germany,  and  England.  .  .  .  The  work  is 
indeed  indispensable  to  every  conscientious  and  truly  scientific 
writer  in  every  branch  of  medicine.—  Med.-Chir.  Centralblatt 
(Vienna). 

To  trie  literature  of  the  profession  the  "  Index"  is  an  immense 
necessity— a  necessity  which  has  never  before  been  met,  so  that 
our  medical  force  has  been  wasted,  aad  our  medical  literature 
has  been  left  weak  and  imperfect.  Surely  every  prosperous 
doctor  can  afford  six  dollars  a  year  for  the  development  of  his 
science,  for  the  building  up  of  the  greatest  charity  in  the  world 
— the  medical  profession.  .  .  .  Let  all  physicians,  who  can, 
subscribe  ;  let  them  see  that  their  societies  aid  in  the  work;  let 
them  insist  that  the  public  libraries  of  their  respective  towns 
and  cities  take  each  a  copy  ;  and  the  enterprise  will  move  here- 
after easily  and  steadily  along  the  grooves  of  habitual  prosper- 
ity.—  Medical  Times  (Philadelphia). 

Notwithstanding  the  completeness  of  such  a  work  as  the  In- 
dex-Catalogue (of  the  Library  of  the  Surgeon-General's  Office, 
U.S.A.),  it  is  quite  evident  that  the  weekly  and  monthly  in- 
crease of  medical  literature  is  constantly  rendering  it  more  and 
more  defective,  so  that, before  many  years  are  over,  it  would,  to 
a  great  extent,  have  lost  the  value  which  it  now  possesses,  and 
a  new  edition  would  be  imperatively  required.  In  order  to 
supplement  this  work,  and  to  prevent  the  inconvenience  which 
would  constantly  increase  as  time  went  on.  Dr.  Billings,  in  con- 
junction with  Dr.  Fletcher,  has  established  a  new  periodical, 
the  INDEX  MEDICUS.  This  gives  the  names  of  authors  and  the 
titles  of  all  new  medical  books  under  their  appropriate  subjects, 
and  also  complete  references  to  current  periodical  medical 
literature.  The  labor  involved  in  the  preparation  of  such  an 
index  as  this  is  very  great  indeed,  and  the  expense  of'issuing  it 
is  very  considerable.  To  medical  men  whose  time  is  fully  oc- 
cupied with  practice,  and  who  have  neither  inclination  nor 
leisure  to  \vrhe,  the  INDEX  MEDICUS  would  be  of  no  direct  ser- 
vice, and  they  might  think  it  a  waste  of  money  to  subscribe  to 
it.  And  yet  such  would  not  be  the  case,  for  the  existence  of 
such  an  index  enables  those  who  have  the  time  and  inclination 
to  write  to  become  fully  acquainted  with  all  the  literature 
bearing  upon  the  subjects  which  they  treat.  The  INDEX  MEDI- 
CUS therefore  becomes,  indirectly,  of  great  benefit  to  those  who 
have  time  for  reading  only.  It  will  be  a  calamity  to  the  profes- 
sion if  this  work  be  allowed  to  be  discontinued  for  want  of  the 
support  which  it  deserves,  and  we  therefore  hope  that  not  only 
those  to  whom  it  will  be  of  immediate  use  will  subscribe  to  it, 
but  many  others  who  will  derive  from  it  only  the  indirect  ad- 
vantage  to  which  we  have  alluded. —  The  Practitioner  (Lon- 
rton). 


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Books  for  the    Yoimg.  29 


BOOKS   FOR     THE    YOUNG. 

A  Guide  for  Parents  and  Children,  compiled  by  C. 
M.  HEWINS,  Librarian  of  Hartford  Library  As- 
sociation. 32010.  Price,  in  paper,  25  cents. 

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and  contains  also  valuable  and  interesting'  counsel." — W.  E. 
FOSTER. 

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who  read  at  all  read  nothing  but  trash,'  he  does  not  exaggerate 
so  very  much.  For  them  [the  parents],  as  well  as  for  librarians 
and  teachers,  this  book  will  serve  an  excellent  purpose,  for  it  is 
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and  guide  by  parents  and  buyers  of  children's  books."— Good 
Literature. 


3°  Libraries  and  Readers. 

LIBRARIES  AND  READERS. 

Chapters  of  suggestion  and  counsel  on  the  subject  of 
reading,  the  use  of  books  and  of  libraries.  By 
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Contents. — Some  Hints  on  Right  Reading;  Correction  of  Aim- 
less Reading;  The  Specializing  of  Reading,  for  General  Read- 
ers; "Current  Literature"  and  "Standard  Literatnre"; 
Securing  the  Interest  of  a  Community;  What  may  be  Done 
at  Home;  How  to  Use  a  Library;  Books  and  Articles  on  Read- 
ing. 

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should  be  placed  in  every  school  library." — Boston  Advertiser. 

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determined  by  their  weight  avoirdupois.  It  is  full  of  valuable 
suggestion  and  shrewd,  wise  counsel." — Boston  Common- 
"wealth. 

"Should  be  in  the  hands  of  everyone  who  wishes  to  make 
reading  a  means  of  culture  as  well  as  of  entertainment.  Not  a 
few  librarians  can  find  in  it  suggestions  which  if  followed  will 
greatly  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  public  they  serve."— Good 
Liter  atttre. 

"  Mr.  Foster's  aim  is  to  show  how  the  aimless  reader  of  the 
ordinary  public  library,  the  man  or  woman  who  '  wants  a  book7 
but  does  not  know  what  book,  or  even  what  sort  of  book,  may 
be  led  to  take  a  lively  interest  in  books  and  the  library.  Here 
Mr.  Foster  speaks  as  one  having  authority,  because  in  doing 
this  very  thing  he  has  been  most  successful.  His  little  book  is 
to  be  recommended  in  the  highest  manner  to  all  who  seek  to 
improve  the  quality  of  their  reading,  or  who  desire  to  give  aid 
and  advice  to  others." — Critic. 

"  No  one,  with  limited  resources,  has  done  more  to  turn  to 
account  the  collection  under  his  charge,  or  shown  greater  activ- 
ity and  ingenuity  in  devising  ways  and  means  to  stimulate  read- 
ing, study,  and  research,  and  guide  them  in  the  proper  direc- 
tion. His  chapters  are  valuable  as  exhibiting  phase  after  phase 
of  his  perception  of  the  conditions  under  which  public  libraries 
are  now  used,  and  found  to  be  of  service,  by  widely  differing 
classes  of  the  community.  They  are  all  sound,  practical,  and 
suggestive,  and  will  benefit  ^parents,  their  elder  children,  and 
the  author's  fellow-librarians  about  equally." — Nation. 


Libraries  and  Schools.  31 


LIBRARIES  AND    SCHOOLS. 

Papers  selected  by  SAMUEL  S.  GREEN,  Librarian  of 
the  Free  Public  Library,  Worcester,  Mass.  i6mo, 
cloth,  50  cents. 

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convince  teachers  that  important  aid  may  be  had  in 
their  work,  by  making  a  large  use  of  libraries;  and 
giving  accounts  of  successful  experiments  made  in 
different  places,  by  librarians  and  teachers,  in  bring- 
ing about  a  use  of  libraries  which  has  proved  valu- 
able to  schools. 


"All  of  these  papers  deserve  and  will  no  doubt  receive 
thoughtful  consideration." — Critic. 

"Librarians  and  teachers  everywhere  who  consult  this  little 
volume  will  close  it  with  a  sense  of  indebtedness." — Nation. 

"•  Abounds  in  practical  suggestions,  and  every  school-teacher 
ought  promptly  to  make  its  acquaintance." — Christian  Register. 

"  Nothing  could  be  better  than  the  suggestions  which  the 
book  contains  for  facilitating  the  steps  of  young  scholars  to  the 
libraries." — Boston  Advertiser. 

"  The  special  value  of  these  papers  is  that  they  not  only  show 
what  might  be  done,  but  tell  what  has  been  done.  Teachers 
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beyond  mere  listening  to  routine  recitations,  and  librarians  who 
have  a  higher  view  of  their  duties  than  that  which  regards  them 
as  purely  clerical,  will  find  practical  suggestions  and  accounts 
of  successful  experiments  in  bringing  about  the  use  of  the 
libraries  by  the  schools." — Good  Literature. 


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Dodd,  Mead  &  Co  ..........   28 


Estes  &  Lauriat  ..........    18 


Funk 


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Historical  Pub.  Soc  .........   30 

Holt,H.,  &  Co  ...........   13 


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